Ironic Tweet of the Year

It was Sunday 26 July. I was staying in Canterbury and had been down to Hastings to see Liberator's Stewart Rayment and family.

Waiting at Ashford for my last train of the day, I sent this tweet:

Must be careful not to get off at the station before Canterbury

— Jonathan Calder (@lordbonkers) July 26, 2015

Lovers of the film A Canterbury Tale will recognise the reference. The action of the film is set in motion when Sergeant John Sweet (US Army) mistakenly gets off his train at the station before the city.

Shortly afterwards the Canterbury train arrived, I caught it and then this happened and I had to get off before Canterbury...

BBC News - #Train #derailed after hitting cows on line in #Kent http://t.co/FBtiFoY2df #TCEP #History #Business #Medicine #Railways #Chilham

— Chaucer University (@ChaucerUniv) July 27, 2015