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Date: 17 August 2003 12:24:24
The big trip had to be transmogrified into not such a big trip. On Friday, we received a letter asking us to telephone a certain company, which I discovered, by searching the internet, is almost certainly a debt collector. Since none of us has incurred a debt which we have reneged upon, it seems that somebody else has used our name to do so. It seemed wiser to inform the police of the matter than to stick to the orginal plan, which would have taken the whole day.
In the event, we did make a journey by train (for the sake of son), who 'wuv's trains. Well, after yesterday, he only 'wuv's slow trains. The platform where we waited for our train is about two metres wide, and there is no shelter. The railway line upon which it is situated is used by high speed trains, two of which thundered past as we waited. I was frightened. I reckon that son was terrified.
Otherwise, it was a good day. There was a sort of fair, as it happened, at our destination, including an excellent puppet show. And the train fare was reasonable. We rounded off with a meal at (whisper) McDonalds.