I'm pleased to say the bad weather they forecast has so far, failed to materialise. That's a good thing. Another good thing is the continuation of last weeks punctuality of the trains on which I've travelled.

I was a bit confused this morning though. When Michael came walking down the aisle checking everyones tickets, 2 blokes with clip boards seemed to be following him. To my surprise Michael then started reading out a number from each season ticket holder and the blokes following him wrote them down on their clip boards. What's that all about then? Has Michael been letting his standards slip and the GNER thought police are on his case? Has Lord GNER forgotton how tickets are checked and sent 2 cronies to check it out? Whatever going on, I'm intrigued.