Cornish Times

By David1970

Sleeper on the Rails

Strangely enough, in all my years travelling up and down Isambard Kingdom Brunel's superhighway, I have never caught the 'sleeper' train before. The Sleeper is a bit of a contradiction in terms if you take into account the gentleman on his mobile phone not a distance away from me. Anyway, that aside, this is a bit of an adventure!

It's very 'Orient Express' like, just without the fine decor and the romantic locations such as Paris, Vienna and Constantinople. I have Taunton, Exeter and Plymouth ahead of me. Never mind ... I am still expecting to hear two shots from a revolver and the timely appearance of M. Hercule Poirot to solve the case...

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