Took the train to Deal today for an appointment and popped into the Platform 1 cafe on the way back for a coffee and a sarnie. Took a quick snapshot of the entrepreneurs in their venue just as my train was rolling in. Nice to see a traditional railway buffet restored and let us hope it all works out well for them.
Interested to see the name on this high speed train in Dover Priory. The first Javelin was named after Dame Kelly Holmes and this one is named after the eleven times Paralympics gold medallist Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. Others include olympic medallists Jamie Staff, Steve Backley, Steve Redgrave, Rebecca Adlington, Chris Hoy, Ben Ainslie, Daley Thompson, Duncan Goodhew, Katherine Grainger and Sebastian Coe.
Would have liked to have seen one named after Alison Streeter, Queen of the Channel, as the trains run to Dover and she is a local girl albeit famed more for her endurance than her high speed.