August 29, 2003
London blackout

After the US/Canadian blackout, we knew it could easily happen here. And now it has.

I was stuck on a tube just outside Tooting Broadway for well over an hour. Power came back after half an hour or so, but my train's radio didn't work, and it took a long time to confirm that it was safe to move.

It wasn't too bad - the emergency lights worked OK, and I had a seat and plenty to read. From Tooting, I walked. Via the Traf, naturally. ;-)

Update: It least I wasn't nearly killed.

Posted to The Big Room by Simon Brunning at August 29, 2003 10:20 AM
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You're a very clever man. You don't try to get home like the lemmings all clambering onto one bus, you find a crap pub.

;-)

Posted by: Stevan Rose on August 29, 2003 11:38 AM

I'm even more smug. I was sitting in a little chef just south of Andover when my father in law rang and said "Is it dark?". I explained that the decor was a little dispiriting but nothing to complain about.

If I'd been following my usual schedule I would probably have been stuck in a hideous melee at Victoria. Thank the lord for clients in unfashionable locations.

Posted by: Andy Todd on August 29, 2003 12:47 PM

A Little Chef? And you bitch about Starbucks?

Anyway, I'm glad you missed it - I gather that Victoris was *particularly* hideous.

Posted by: Simon Brunning on August 29, 2003 12:59 PM

Charing Cross wasn't much fun either...

Posted by: Eloon on August 29, 2003 04:14 PM

Simon, when you are travelling along the A303 and you have a screaming baby in the back seat you have precisely two choices - deafness or little chef.

Its not as if I drink their coffee anyway ;-)

Posted by: Andy Todd on August 31, 2003 05:27 PM

I was having tea at Victoria Station when i found out about the blackout. I had to wait there for 3 hours. Wasn't much fun for my first night in London. But it wasn't as bad as the Toronto blackout.

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