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Sunday trains never run to time
And I couldn\u2019t book my bike on right
Leaving a day early suits me fine
When I can cadge a bed for the night<\/p>

The Villa hordes are on the march
And soon fill up the train
For them a rare sighting of Wembley\u2019s arch
They\u2019ll enjoy the beer if not the game<\/p>

Few spares have been packed, to reduce the grind
Travelling light is hardly a mystery
But I\u2019m carrying a load that plays on my mind
A rag-bag of ailments and injury<\/p>

All the routes are on my new Garmin
So at Euston I\u2019m straight out the traps
Route errors galore are alarmin\u2019
They\u2019ve neglected to give me the maps<\/p>

In the morn, a map download is started
90 minutes seems quite a lot
After three hours I\u2019m seriously down-hearted
As I\u2019ve missed my departure slot<\/p><\/div>

St Pancras I race madly toward
Through red light or green I don\u2019t care
No entry signs simply ignored
I get there 2 minutes to spare<\/p>

Den made his connections as intended
He waves me onto the train
By Dover the world looks quite splendid
And we climb the white cliffs with disdain<\/p>

We roll down to Deal through a dingle
Looking for sand which is there
But all we can see is some shingle
So we look for Sandwich elsewhere<\/p>

Traffic free by the coast, it is glorious
The sea is flat as a pancake
The route to our digs is laborious
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