It means you should probably cancel that trip to the seaside. Or, if you’re stubborn like me, you’ll still go but pack a calor gas stove for emergency train delays. The station becomes a sauna where everyone is angry, and the water fountains are always broken. It’s like a survival challenge no one signed up for.
You’ll see people fanning themselves with tickets, using newspapers as hats, and eyeing the last bottle of lukewarm water like it’s gold. Meanwhile, the tannoy voice cheerfully announces, “We apologize for the inconvenience.” Inconvenience? My dear, my eyeliner is running.
Network Rail warns trains could buckle in heatwave - Devon Live
The "Just One More Layer" Lie
We all do it. You check the weather, it says “extreme heat,” but you still bring a hoodie “just in case.” Then you’re trapped on a train with no air con, sweating through your layers. You look like a confused onion. Network Rail is begging you to leave the hoodie at home, please.
And forget about touching the metal handrails. They’re not handrails; they are cooking surfaces. You’d get a better grip on a frying pan. I saw a woman grab one and let out a yelp that echoed through the carriage. We all nodded in sympathy. It’s a rite of passage.
