I must say I do like St Pancras. With WH Smith, Foyles, M&S, Accessorize, Paperchase… the list goes on, I had plenty of ways to kill the two hours til I was due to depart.
Once I exhausted those stores I pulled up a very cold pew and read my book for this trip: Paperback Raita.
When it was about time to go through the checks I wandered over to the forex place to see exactly how good a deal I got on my euros. €0.9605 to £1… eeshk! Glad I got mine ahead of time with Thomas Exchange: €1.06 to £1!
The day started with a leisurely 7am wake up call. Due to a debacle with my bank cards I decided to go to St Pancras 2 hours before departure in case I had to have some stern words with a supervisor to get my tickets.
To my surprise I went to the ticket machine and (once I figured out where to put my card) got my tickets for today with no problem. Am even more grateful that my booking reference was so easy to remember (SACPAX) so no fumbling with printouts,
Not wanting to tempt fate I also printed my tickets that I had booked for Rock Werchter in July.
Time for my March review of my new year’s resolutions.
And of course the underlying goal that I didn’t write down: the gym. As of today I have a three month membership! Bring on March!!!