Well what a day I had yesterday

Went into work not a problem, it was a bit blowy but not a problem.  We got to about 12 and were watching from the 6th floor and could see a works crane beginning to rock in the wind, some people were no feeling to good about it but I thought it would be ok.  Thankfully it was .  But the day was still to get worse. 

Well I went on my lunch about 1pm, and couldnt use the stairs because their was a panel that was falling from the train station and they were worried about it crashing into the building, had to go out the back door to because they had closed all the front off because of the wind. 

Now when I came back from my lunch about 20 minutes later.  The panel had gone and into the side of the building, smashing the bottom three floors windows.  On my way in I heard a rumour they were going ecacuate us.  Great early finish.  Little did I know.  Well I went back up and 30 minutes later the offical word came round to get out the building on police orders. 

So I left and began to make my way to the train station it's only next door to work ,so thought great be home in a hour or so.  Well I got to the station their was an announcement over the tanoy all trains were suspended due to the weather great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No way home !!!!!!!!

Well I had nothing else to do but wait, make a few phone calls and see if their was anything else I could do.  The trams were shut, bus not a chance all the roads were blocked or chocker.  So I sat tight, and a sat tight. 

Thankfully a friend who lives on the same road as me finished work and made his way to the station for about 5:30.  At least after three and a half hours a had a wee bit of company.  Well we quickly heard at 6pm that their was a train at 6:24 and made our way to the platform.  A waste of time already you couldnt move on it, we couldnt get on and hug tight some more. 

We had a few beers to try and kill the time, nothing else to do really and listened out for any announcements.  We were beginning to think we were going to be stuck in the station.  We were trying to work out alternitive routes. 

This was when an announcement went up that their was a train via Chester to Llandudno.  Now Chester is closer to home than Manchester but still 15 miles away.  But cheaper in a taxi, it was getting on for nearly 10pm and we were getting desperate.  So we made the descion to get that train and try for it.  So we got on a train just before pm.  Thats eight hours I sat in the station waiting for a train home. 

Remember that train that was full earlier, well we heard someone on the train say it got stuck after another tree fell onto the track and was sent back to Manchester.  So thankfully we never wasted that journey.  When on the train we found out that it stoped at Frodsham which is only just under 10miles to where I live.  That was it descion time.  Yep we got off at Frodsham at 10:30.  Found a taxi in 5 minutes and began makeing the last part of our journey, hopeing that none of the roads were blocked. 

Thankfully they werent and the taxi dropped me off at 10:45 last night.  £15 between the two of us, but better than a platform bench for a bed. 

Anyway I am home after going to work today and leaving two hours early.  What a day, I should of been home at 3:40 roughly not 10:45.