We traveled home on Sunday afternoon by train. When we got to York we were informed that we had to leave the train and there would be little chance of us getting to London in less than 4 hours and there were about 3 train loads worth of people trying to get on this slow train. (From York it should take 2 hours to London.) It all had something to do with some unspecified problem with over head lines near Doncaster. We were advised that our tickets would be valid the next day if we were able to stay in York.We decided that we should stay overnight and get an early train back to London in the morning. I was very, very stressed by all of this. We found a room at the Hilton and were settled just after 6. Jase then tried to get in touch with his computer at home to check his email. The computer was dead, as was our phone answer machine when we tried it. This could only mean a power cut. Jase was very, very stressed by this. I had a search on the web and discovered that a water mains had bust near to our flat and flooded neighbouring streets and the busy Merton High Street. Water was off in 15000 homes and electricity in a few too.
Above is a picture posted by a local resident. Although the water was back on in the afternoon and the road cleared of water, the road its self is still closed to traffic. Returning tonight the area is eerily quiet without the traffic and a thick dust crusts the road and pavement. The heat of the sun has dried out a lot of the flotsum and jetsum from shops and businesses. There are big piles of cardboard and discarded signs and newspaper stands at the side of our street.
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