I should have brought a coat...........

Note to self.......you should have brought a coat...... 

 The little station was freezing that morning, but then again what else would you expect in the middle of December? 

As she sat on the cold black metal seats, she could feel the cold penetrating her trousers, and her cheeks and ears were numbing with the icy cold.

People in the station today seemed almost sombre  She was so use to sitting alone with only the local weirdo for company that today seemed very busy. Maybe others knew something she didn't....? 

 There were 9 people besides herself in the station today. 5 men and 4 woman. Some busying themselves with music, some reading, some just blissfully unaware and staring out the window.
The call for Swansea rang out over the tannoy but no one moved. Maybe they were all waiting for the 8.48 to Paddington like she was.
Her mission today was to get to Bristol on time. She made plans every year to meet her nan in Bath, but because of her little girl being sick the last week she had had to sadly cancel. Her nan therefore had the idea to reschedule to today in Bristol instead.
They had done it the last two years, but had never had a successful meet up, the first year her train was delayed so she had missed the next one and got stuck an hour on Newport station, the second year her nan was delayed due to water on the track - this year they were both determined.  

Needless to say she had now learnt her lesson and instead of swapping trains in Newport she was swapping in Cardiff main station.
I cannot get it through to you just how horrid a station Newport was back then (it may have changed now) but it was a 2 track bolt hole, no indoors, no coffee stand, no usable toilet - horrid. At least in Cardiff she knew she could sit and have a cup of coffee. 
8.41 the clock read. The cold now began to pierce her hoody. There were more people accumulating in the station. She secretly hoped they weren't all for her train. She wanted a seat! 

x S x