pmsumner

Well, a kindof day. I set out at 11:45 to go to Wigan and see The Sentinel at the Cineworld there. As observant followers may remember, the reason for going to Wigan is that there's at least 1 bus/train combination an hour I can get from there, whereas from Halton Lea (Runcorn) there's only 1 every 2 hours. If I'm lucky.

It all went remarkably smoothly. I was on the train before the one I expected, I got a bus within minutes of arrival, to Robin Park, with a nice driver who promised to tell me when we got there as I had absolutely no idea where I was going. The film was ace - not as good as The Interpreter or The Constant Gardener, which I suspect were the catalysts for the current rash of political thrillers, but really enjoyable.

The only disaster point was when I wandered out the place, I saw a bus stopped at some traffic lights that looked like it was going where I was going (I subscribe to the Dirk Gently method of navigation). I spied a bus stop and ran to it - only to find the bus didn't actually go to that bus stop and it went a different way. D'oh. Then on inspection of the timetable found there was only 1 bus an hour on Sundays!

Decided to walk. In all wasn't too far, about 30 mins walking I guess. Probably less if I had known exactly which direction to go and hadn't had to inspect random bus stops to see what direction I was walking ;) The train from Wigan North Western to Warrington was immensley crowded, the London trains always are on a Sunday afternoon/evening though, from memory.

So for a 2 hour film, I was out from 11:45-16:45. Not a bad travel:film ratio ;)