A Trolley of Drinks and Light Refreshments is Available on this Train

I am a bit off of my game.

Dear Husbola and I just returned-- and I mean just returned--from a quirky and much needed trip that took us to London, Lewes in Sussex and Many Points in Southern Spain.  Generally a good trip with many new adventures and delightful if slightly eccentric travel companions.   But it did get off to a rocky start.

Because we are not traveling to the UK as often as we used to for antiques buying trips,  I  forget the travel woes that are quite regular in the UK--and especially on Sundays.  We traveled on a Sunday.

Engineering works aka maintenance and reconstruction are just part of the weekend fabric in the UK on the railway lines.  The phrase "replacement bus service" is enough to make a smart traveler change his or her travel dates.

Our travels were to take us from Heathrow to London and then out by train to lovely little Lewes.  My research showed that the trains were leaving from Victoria station with regularity.  So much for research.  Our expected tube ride to Victoria Station was not to be.  The tube from Heathrow was to have a "replacement bus service" for part of the journey and not running regularly..  So--jet lagged and Becoming Increasingly Cranky--our journey from home to Lewes involved Way Too Many pieces of transportation.

Limo to airport--tram to departure gate--airplane flight over--Heathrow Express to Paddington--Taxi to Victoria -- Train to Three Bridges--Replacement bus service to Hayward's Heath--train to Lewes--Taxi to B and B Hotel.

Only a Crazy Anglophile would go through this.  And a man \who is married to one.