Another one of those failed railway romances

Those of you who've been here often, or who read my column in Impact* last summer are probably bored of my tale of failed romance when an attractive young lady smiled at me on the train, I smiled back, and...nothing else happened.

 

Yesterday I was given a second chance, when as my train pulled out of Swindon I looked up to find the attractive blonde across the aisle staring at me.  As is my custom I returned her smile, and sat back in my seat thinking how the moment of leaving Swindon had just become brighter still.  I settled down to watch 'Battle of the Bishops',** but my concentration was hampered by the fact that I continued to exchange the odd smile with the beau opposite.  I even like to think that she was staring at my reflection in the window, but my hunch would be that I am mistaken on that one***.  Anyway, she got off at Reading without so much as a backward glance, and that, as they say, was that.

 

 

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*See what I did there?  Forgive me as I angle for a bit of an ego boost.

 

**In this context this sounds intriguing and perhaps a little risque (worryingly) but you can rest assured that I am referring to the documentary that was on the BBC recently at the time of the Lambeth Conference.  I'm still as behind with the times as ever.

 

***Still, it pads out the story a bit.  Besides, such thoughts are also good for my ego.

Comments

Anonymous said…
James! Belle, not beau!
Wed Aug 20, 10:56:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said…
Oh dear, Jim. Oh dear.

You could always try travelling in the vestibules. When the trains are crowded, it has sometimes proven to be a fairly sociable climate...
Thu Aug 21, 10:31:00 AM GMT
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