From the train

Hasty trip up to Newcastle today and that's (the picture) all the Tyne I saw. Train was 30 mins late into York (and then didn't gain any) - I was going to our head office to sort out some computer issues. Turned off Norton (grr) which solved one problem of Vista being unable to see network drives, added 1gig of memory to another machine, fiddled with some printers and then back on the train. Spent most of the time on the train developing software whilst luxuriating in a cd of Joseph Kosma and then in part of Chabrier's L'Etoile - an opera that is not suitable for children, both those links are in French so you'll need to educate yourselves!
A day also marked by an unexpected meeting on the train from Macclesfield to Leeds with a school friend with whom I spent a memorable walking holiday in Arolla and who was a work colleague back in the 70's in my first job.