Occasionally, it's worth taking a look at the walls of the Tube tunnels, if you know where to look.

[lethargic_man]

The other day, at snjstar's suggestion, I dug my nose out of my book on the way home, between Hampstead and Golders Green Tube stations, in order to have a look at the northbound platform of the never completed North End station.

Then the following week I was so deeply engrossed in my book that I not only missed my interchanged at Camden Town, but completely forgot I was on the wrong branch, and didn't realise what had happened until the train came out of the tunnel and announced "The next station is East Finchley." Ha ha, I thought; it's got the station wrong. Then I realised what had happened.

I've never overshot Camden Town by more than one stop beforehand, and that only a handful of times. This time I overshot by five! Still, it gave me another half an hour's good reading time retracing my steps and getting back to Golders Green. :o)

Crumbs, this post makes me sound like a Londoner!

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[(Anonymous)]

I have remembered the title of another book by Paul Auster - Oracle Night, this is a very good novel. It was actually Paul Auster day yesterday in Brooklyn, look at the Paul Auster website, by googling it.

SW