Back on nights, the only thing to brighten an otherwise uneventful Sunday was the sighting of an owl between TEB and EPP, it was sat on the cable run and took off as my headlights illuminated it, quite delightful. I had been expecting to find a few drunken Spaniards when I reached the end of the line but apparently a lot of people were unaware that last trains run an hour earlier on a Sunday and were still partying in Trafalgar Square.

Monday passed smoothly but the rain played havoc with Auto this morning, it failed when I was only two cars out of the platform at HAI and then did exactly the same leaving FAI. The GLA Tories’ dream of disposing of train drivers is a long, long way away…..