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Life is strange...
Jun. 27th, 2009 10:41 pmI spent three hours in the hairdressers this afternoon getting my hair hightlighted and trimmed ready for the wedding. I'd forgotten how long it takes to do and my patience was wearing thin towards the end. I'm also now £140 worse off so I've also remembered why I stopped having my hair coloured. While I was having my hair done it suddenly started raining. It was really, really strange. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was blue but it was tipping it down with rain. Lots of people were caught without coats or umbrellas and were sheltering in shop doorways. It must have rained for at least half an hour. I was fine as I always carry my trusty brolly. At about 8.30pm this evening there was a thunderstorm so I think we can safely describe todays weather as 'unsettled'. It frightens me how much our weather is starting to resemble that of the continent though. Global warming here we come.
Everywhere in Kingston is having a summer sale. This was a bit annoying as I was looking for shoes for the wedding and everywhere had cleared out their normal stuff to make way for sale rails. As it was the first day of the sale it was every woman for herself. I took my life in my hands attempting to enter Dune! I did manage to find an OK pair of shoes in BHS in the end. I'm going to Next tomorrow to grab a pair there. The bride can make the final decision as it was her who wanted me to wear a colour it's difficult to match shoes with!
I'm feeling a bit unsettled at the moment. Last night I caught the 17.38 train at Richmond. When we arrived at Twickenham (the next stop) the guard announced that there had been a fatality between Feltham and Whitton so there would be a delay. I didn't think much of it as fatalities are quite a common occurance when you commute by train. I got off the train and walked to Twickenham to catch the bus. When the bus got to Hanworth the driver received a message telling him to divert away from Feltham station (the bus stops in the station forecourt) because it had been closed off by police due to a suicide. I got off the bus before it diverted and walked the last 10 minutes home. When I arrived it was clear that something serious was going on. The level crossing, the footbridge beside the crossing and the whole of the station were taped off by police. Three Asda lorries were backed up down my road as the Asda loading bay right next to my block of flats had been cut off by the police cordon. The large group of young boys on bikes which congregates at any potentially gruesome incident was being told to move along by a policeman. I went up to my flat and went out on the balcony. Lots of my neighbours had clearly had a similar idea. I could see that a train was stopped on the far platform (the one that goes towards London) and across the level crossing. Lots of emergency service people were standing on the track gathered around an area not far from where the platforms begin. I couldn't see what was going on as lots of trees were blocking my view. This was probably a good thing. The station staff and people from Network Rail (who have a depot next door to the station) were watching from the platform. I went on to Facebook and it had been suggested firstly that someone had been pushed off of the platform and secondly that someone had jumped from the bridge. I then went to National Rail Enquiries which said that trains would not be running between Staines and Twickenham/Hounslow until 8.00pm because a person had been hit by a train. I am still none the wiser as to what actually happened. Flowers had been laid at the station and on the level crossing by the time I went to catch the bus this afternoon but there were no signs up appealing for information or anything. I am assuming that it was a suicide. The incident seemed to have occured at a point on the platform where people rarely stand to wait for trains. Also, I assume that if someone had been pushed the story would have reached the local news by now. A thorough search of the local news sites this evening drew a blank. In any case, the incident shook me up a bit. I use the station daily and my flat looks out over it. I could easily have seen it happen. What a nasty thought.
Everywhere in Kingston is having a summer sale. This was a bit annoying as I was looking for shoes for the wedding and everywhere had cleared out their normal stuff to make way for sale rails. As it was the first day of the sale it was every woman for herself. I took my life in my hands attempting to enter Dune! I did manage to find an OK pair of shoes in BHS in the end. I'm going to Next tomorrow to grab a pair there. The bride can make the final decision as it was her who wanted me to wear a colour it's difficult to match shoes with!
I'm feeling a bit unsettled at the moment. Last night I caught the 17.38 train at Richmond. When we arrived at Twickenham (the next stop) the guard announced that there had been a fatality between Feltham and Whitton so there would be a delay. I didn't think much of it as fatalities are quite a common occurance when you commute by train. I got off the train and walked to Twickenham to catch the bus. When the bus got to Hanworth the driver received a message telling him to divert away from Feltham station (the bus stops in the station forecourt) because it had been closed off by police due to a suicide. I got off the bus before it diverted and walked the last 10 minutes home. When I arrived it was clear that something serious was going on. The level crossing, the footbridge beside the crossing and the whole of the station were taped off by police. Three Asda lorries were backed up down my road as the Asda loading bay right next to my block of flats had been cut off by the police cordon. The large group of young boys on bikes which congregates at any potentially gruesome incident was being told to move along by a policeman. I went up to my flat and went out on the balcony. Lots of my neighbours had clearly had a similar idea. I could see that a train was stopped on the far platform (the one that goes towards London) and across the level crossing. Lots of emergency service people were standing on the track gathered around an area not far from where the platforms begin. I couldn't see what was going on as lots of trees were blocking my view. This was probably a good thing. The station staff and people from Network Rail (who have a depot next door to the station) were watching from the platform. I went on to Facebook and it had been suggested firstly that someone had been pushed off of the platform and secondly that someone had jumped from the bridge. I then went to National Rail Enquiries which said that trains would not be running between Staines and Twickenham/Hounslow until 8.00pm because a person had been hit by a train. I am still none the wiser as to what actually happened. Flowers had been laid at the station and on the level crossing by the time I went to catch the bus this afternoon but there were no signs up appealing for information or anything. I am assuming that it was a suicide. The incident seemed to have occured at a point on the platform where people rarely stand to wait for trains. Also, I assume that if someone had been pushed the story would have reached the local news by now. A thorough search of the local news sites this evening drew a blank. In any case, the incident shook me up a bit. I use the station daily and my flat looks out over it. I could easily have seen it happen. What a nasty thought.
