By the time I left work shortly after 5pm there were still some major delays occurring, nearly 12 hours after the initial incident, but thankfully the trains were in a sufficient enough mess that I caught one to St Pancras almost straight away, and whilst it dawdled through South London and took nearly an hour to do what should normally take 30 minutes I was still at St Pancras with time to spare.
I grabbed a light bite to keep me going in the Pret in the 20 minutes I had spare before my train left, then wandered up to the platform and headed north.
In only a few minutes longer than it had taken to get the 9 miles from Croydon the train managed the 100 miles up to Leicester, arriving a few minutes early.
A short walk from the station and I found myself at my hotel. After checking in and dropping my stuff off I headed out into town for a brief wander around, before finding a curry restaurant, for which the city has a justified excellent reputation, and a delicious evening meal.
Feeling a little bloated I headed back to the hotel and to bed.
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