early start as we had to disembark by 0850. It was another fine day and so after breakfast we were ready to leave. We collected our luggage (very well organised) and joined the queue to get a taxi to the station. We soon made it! I had cautiously booked us on a train leaving Dover at 1145 which would still get us to Penzance by early evening but this proved to be a huge mistake. We watched the 0945 and 1045 trains leave but decided to wait in the excellent coffee bar for the one we were supposed to travel on. At about 1130 a notice came up that our train was delayed, a bit later we heard that our route to London was unusable but there would be a slower train going to London Victoria but this would mean missing our Paddington train. We were regretting not jumping on the 1045! It appeared there was a vehicle accident on a level crossing at Deal. We crossed platforms to get on the Victoria train but were eventually told he could not move because of a lack of a guard. Then we were advised that there would be a bus to take us to Ashford International station and so we crossed back to the entrance and joined the bus which took us to Ashford. Here we were back on track (literally!) and eventually arrived at Paddington to catch a train at 1606 - 2 hours later than planned. Our journey was now uneventful and we arrived in Penzance at about 2130 and so had a good rest when we settled down at Heather and Alan's flat.
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