Our local train station...

After a busy morning changing bedding ready for the next visitors, making more soup ready for the freezer, cleaning the bathrooms (D) and other satisfying and necessary jobs, we decided we needed some fresh air and headed for a train to Sevenoaks ... why not.

The ticket counters had been decorated this year, something I haven’t noticed before. The staff were happy to tell me about it. Almost as soon as we got on the platform we we all told to evacuate and the station was closing. Several incident vehicles with flashing lights screeched up outside and officers in armoured uniforms went inside. We, along with everyone else, sort of hung around waiting for any information...

... only minutes later the all clear was given, the station reopened and it was business as usual. Apparently a phone with wires attached and buzzing loudly had been found and duly dealt with.

We continued our journey, and had a bit of excitement in an otherwise quiet day.