Oh dear, I caught the wrong train
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
February 22, 2016 12:44pm CST
When I took a wander out to day I decided to stay on the tram to Piccadilly Railway station for a change. There was an announcement for the Airport express, which was due to leave within a few minutes, so I decided to take a ride out to the airport for an hour or so.
The train slowed shortly after leaving Manchester and came to a stop at a station, which was not what I expected. Undeterred I chose to carry on because a stopping train would not take a lot longer.
Before long I began to notice that the stations we were stopping at were not familiar, yet somehow I was not overly concerned by that. Of course I discovered why this was when we arrived at Glossop, on the edge of the Peak District in Derbyshire.
Since it was raining and not appropriate to walk around a rural are, my only option was to catch a train back into Manchester.
Oh well, at least it passed a couple of hours.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
22 Feb 16
Lucky you! There is no chance of raking the wrong train from here. We have a station and we have trains running (not always on time( too. One goes in one direction and one goes in the other and they both go to the main line bewtween Turin and Mila. One stops firther west while the other stops to the east. Then they come back here 
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Feb 16
@mysdianait You are too hard to please Diana.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
22 Feb 16
@Asylum Exactly and there would be no excitement in a ride like that LOL
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@GardenGerty (160909)
• United States
22 Feb 16
@Asylum I suppose the airport trip will happen another day. Then you can tell us about it as well. Looking to the sidebar, @ArthurChappell has a post about Glossop. I had never heard of the place before today, and look, now two mentions.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
23 Feb 16
If we had trains like this, and if retired seniors had passes like in the U.K. I would go sightseeing this way too.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
24 Feb 16
@ElizabethWallace This is probably due to our higher population density.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
24 Feb 16
@Asylum I wish we had public transportation that was as widespread and convenient as you do in the UK and the rest of Europe.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Feb 16
Yup I think your only option was to get on the next train heading back as you didn't really know where you were.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 In better weather I would have stayed for a while.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Feb 16
@Asylum Perhaps if it wasn't raining you could have looked around, but I would have gotten back on that train bound for home as well.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
23 Feb 16
Sorry, friend! But it seems that you had time to take the wrong train and back. You didn´t lose any important appointment Did you?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Feb 16
@marguicha It was quite a surprise because I travelled outside the allocated region.
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
23 Feb 16
@Asylum Tha was nice. We have something like that here (about using the same ticket for some time) but I haven´t learned to use it yet.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
23 Feb 16
I've done the same by mistake on the buses. Who knows, maybe we needed a change that day, a new journey, like getting lost.
I have to say if you don't mind, I got a little lost reading this post not like being on the wrong tram to pickle but being in another part of the world altogether. It was very cute. But don't feel bad because when I flew to Europe I went to the train station, to take the bus to the airporte in another city and then rode another small bus across the tarmack to the big airship. Very strange! And no, my arms were not tired flying across the big pond.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
24 Feb 16
shame you weren't able to look around - I love Glossop - really nice village - I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang there - not the film, the actual car, at a vintage car rally in the town
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
24 Feb 16
@Asylum yes it is the perfect backdrop
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Feb 16
To bad about the rain, I love the Peak District. That was quite the unexpected adventure.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Feb 16
@BelleStarr That did occur to me and I may take advantage of it later in the year.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Feb 16
@Asylum On the up side, now you know how to get there and you can do it on a sunny day.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Feb 16
@RasmaSandra It is not such a problem here so I was unconcerned about such things.
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@RasmaSandra (80659)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 16
@Asylum getting on the wrong train might be no problem for rural areas and such but when I still lived in NYC and after work I felt so tired it was dangerous to fall asleep on the subway if you had to change trains. Why? Because one time I did fall asleep and missed my stop. When I woke up again being the wintertime it was dark out and I was in a very bad neighborhood. So I dashed over to the other platform and was so glad the train came quickly.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
23 Feb 16
Bang goes your plane spotting afternoon then!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Feb 16
@garymarsh6 What do you mean by short term? It is weeks since I travelled on a plane.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
23 Feb 16
@Asylum Short term memory problems. Now I am worried about you!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
24 Feb 16
It does sound like a bit of an adventure!! I would be snapping photos like mad at the unfamiliar stations and sights out the window.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
24 Feb 16
@Jeanniemaries It does seem a rather odd competition, but I like the unusual.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
24 Feb 16
@Asylum I won a contest once for a rainy day photo out of a taxi window in Mexico. Kind of strange but it was nice.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
24 Feb 16
Well glad you noticed before you got too far away. I don't take the train as either here it's bus or taxi if you don't drive.
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Feb 16
I think train rides are very relaxing. I could probably gather my thoughts which is a endeavor at times. LOL
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Feb 16
@Asylum ...I thought as much--wasn't sure. LOL
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Feb 16
Oh dear that is a long way to go for nothing. You have taken it in stride my friend. I would have been furious at my self.
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