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Soop needs your help!

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Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 14:58:06

Her train that was to carry her to see Wee Man in London, is stuck in Glasgow. Please send out powerful GN vibes to get all the trains moving!

Anagram Fri 29-Jun-12 21:25:01

Oh dear, only at Preston?
Perhaps they should have a night's stop-over and carry on tomorrow?
soop will be OK - Mr Soop will make sure of that.

Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 21:10:44

Last update: "stuck at Preston low battery." Poor soop and Mr Soop! I think we need to send them strength vibes as well as travel vibes.

Take care, dear soop!

bikergran Fri 29-Jun-12 20:54:06

Vibes & Vibrations,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,on the way... good luck..

yogagran Fri 29-Jun-12 20:42:28

What a nightmare journey - poor Soop

Annobel Fri 29-Jun-12 19:40:21

sooper trouper. It'll all be worthwhile when she sees the wee man at last. I do hope she reaches London in time to get a decent night's sleep!

greenmossgiel Fri 29-Jun-12 19:26:59

She'll get there....smile

Butternut Fri 29-Jun-12 19:17:15

nag - ditto!

Anagram Fri 29-Jun-12 19:05:09

What a trouper! smile

Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 19:01:57

Verbatim update on soop's progress: "Nightmare! Carlisle train chaotic. Now going to Preston and hope train Euston. People standing. Noise earsplitting. Never say die."

Love her spunk! smile

glassortwo Fri 29-Jun-12 18:32:19

Oh I am pleased soop is on her way. I would have gone over to Carlisle and took her part the way down if we could have set up a shuttle service.

Anagram Fri 29-Jun-12 18:27:12

Good! At least they're having to pay something back out of their huge profits!
(Although compensation is probably already factored into the fare prices...)

Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 18:21:43

green, they had booked seats on the train which means,in effect, that the train company (probably Virgin) have undertaken to get you to your destination. If they have to use other forms of transport or put you up in a hotel for the night, they pay. Happened to us a couple of times missing connection to Inverness because of delays from Oxford to Edinburgh. Taxi driver from Inverness to Lochinver said he did it quite often because of missed connections!

Butternut Fri 29-Jun-12 18:16:13

B stay in touch with us re. soop's travelling drama. It is a bugger, isn't it!

kittylester Fri 29-Jun-12 17:59:18

Once my (disabled) son had booked a train from Derby to Crewe which didn't run. He was then catching another train to somewhere else (??) so the train company booked him a taxi to Crewe to enable him to make his connection. Maybe that is the case with soop. Hope so!

GoldenGran Fri 29-Jun-12 17:51:34

I'm keeping the vibes going, fingers crossed and a few prayers thrown in, I can do no more than that,she has to see her GS.

greenmossgiel Fri 29-Jun-12 17:46:42

Perhaps the taxi driver will do the trip for a reduced fee - and hopefully soop will get a refund on part of her train ticket (?)

numberplease Fri 29-Jun-12 17:23:12

Glad she`s found a solution, but that taxi must be costing a small king`s ransom! Hope the rest of her journey goes smoothly.

Greatnan Fri 29-Jun-12 17:17:03

I have everything crossed for soop to get there safely and have a wonderful time with the wee man.

absentgrana Fri 29-Jun-12 17:13:32

Vibing now Bags.

Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 17:11:43

Seems she has sooped up a taxi to Carlisle and a train from there. Keep those vibes going, everyone! smile

gracesmum Fri 29-Jun-12 16:58:00

I'd heard that both the East coast and the West coast lines were blocked by landslides etc after the awful weather. soop has my sympathy, it must be sooooooooooo disappointing for her sad

Ella46 Fri 29-Jun-12 16:54:24

If anyone can make it happen, it is soop. After all she is Supergran! I'm still sending all good vibes just in case. [fingers crossed emoticon]

kittylester Fri 29-Jun-12 16:17:44

Poor soop sad

Anagram Fri 29-Jun-12 16:16:05

Oh, how frustrating! If there's no chance of the train moving, I do hope they arrange alternative transport for people (especially soop!)

Bags Fri 29-Jun-12 16:02:08

Wish we could, jeni! Latest text message says "trees on line, cables down, bugger!" Poor soop sad