Boogies Trains is Homeward Bound - 20 July, 2022

After an extended stay in Newcastle due to weather related disruption, the journey back to London was not plain sailing. A fire near Sandy meant that the ECML south of Peterborough was still closed. There were also, reportedly, no trains from Peterborough to March so a simple detour via Cambridge was not possible.
LNER advised against travel but that was not an option. They then advised not to travel further than York as Peterborough couldn't cope with the expected influx of passengers. We took matters into our own hands and, from York,, travelled to Leeds and then Sheffield. TPE, Northern and EMR staff all went out of there way to help us. We had seats on all the trains we used, including the first EMR service of the day from Sheffield to St Pancras which departed just around 13:00. Home in Bromley by 5 was not a bad outcome. I have no idea how those that stick with LNER fared. I can't imagine it was much fun trying to get on trains from Edinburgh and further north at Newcastle or York when through services did start. I can't work out why they couldn't have put in an extra call at Doncaster to allow people off there rather than York, but hey, I'm only a customer.