Saturday 10th January 2009 Journey Journal

14:42 leave house.
14:43 try to photograph street sign - not enough light (grey/cloudy) try to push film - not enough light. Decide not to bother continue on journey.
14:57 arrive Wigan Tourist Information Centre - try to find postcards, cannot. After looking round whole shop and considering buying 'destination wigan' notebook, assistant offers to help and there are postcards afterall. 4 very similar designs. Decide to buy all 4 plus A-Z and leave shop. 
15:07 check if newsagents have any postcards. No. Buy M.E.N. instead.
15:09 leave newsagents.
15:11 arrive Wigan North Western train station - 15:25 train to Preston delayed until 15:29. buy ticket.
15:13 arrive platform 5 to await train.
15:25 attempt another photo while waiting. First takes slow exposure. Change aperture and take second from first seat of outdoor bench on platform 5 - shows Wigan North Western sign, Union Jack in backgroun, footbridge that normally cross on way to work in morning, building with zig zag stairs.
15:28 'Sir John Franklin' train arrives platform 4 to block view.
15:35 train arrives 'Penny the Pendolino' - as trying to board am asked 'is this Preston?'
15:48 arrive platform 4 Preston train station.
15:49 leave station.
16:00 arrive Preston Tourist Information Centre, find postcards easily - there are more and seem cheaper - buy one of each design again. Have to ask for A-Z at counter.
16:08 leave T.I.C. getting dark.
16:19 arrive Preston train station - train to Wigan 16:58 decide to go for coffee.
16:24 buy hot chocolate and sit in cafe at train station to drink, reply to text, think of doing long exposures for length of train journey, make a call, read M.E.N.
16:46 decide to go over to platform 6 to wait for train. Have finished hot chocolate.
16:49 arrive platform 6. Can hear football fans in background - Liverpool by the sound of the chant.
16:53 'City of London' arrives platform 6. Walk to end of train - quiet zone, notice unmelted hail at this end of platform. Board train.
16:57 train departs.
17:10 arrive Wigan North Western Station.
17:11 leave station.
17:35 arrive home.

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