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I was on that train, making my way home from Loughborough. I’ll be stopping off at Kettering to pick my case up when I try again to get back home. I always travel with insulin in Frios, glucagon if staying away, just in case, jelly babies, glucotabs, biscuits, the lot. Belt and braces. I also had a bag of nuts to share out.
We were told we had to leave our cases on board so I hoiked out the supply of needles, spare blood sugar tester, libre reader charger, another bag of jelly babies, phone charger (people shared chargers while we were waiting) and left the rest.
I’m wearing my daughter’s shorty pyjamas now (no, no photos, still haven’t managed to upload) and will have to borrow some soap and deodorant. T1 kit’s more vital than quelling body odour!
There was one point when a game of Chinese whispers turned ‘Is there a conductor on board?’ to ‘Is there a doctor on board?’. It was shouted out and as she rushed past I told the young doctor I had glucagon if it was needed. There was terrific camaraderie and the notorious British humour flourished. Great conversations.
As a final note, the staff on the train were all great: endlessly helpful and apologetic, and the driver of the train that had been derailed by flood and landslide led me up the track and helped me on the steep access steps. I was nervous about the steep and slippery steps because of a relatively recent knee replacement.
However, the staff did well to hide their frustration as East Midlands and Network Rail tried to make decisions about what to do.
Quite an adventure.