Thank Fathom it’s Friday

Trains, cathedrals and superlatives

Erik Britton 13 September 2019|

“Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Everybody thinks it’s true” Paul Simon I write this sitting on my bed in my berth on the Caledonian Sleeper train, running overnight from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston. As many (better) writers before me have noted, there is something peculiar about train travel, particularly long journeys, particularly at night, that turns the mind towards contemplation. In my case, that is now amplified by a couple of glasses of scotch whisky. Brace yourselves: I’ve been contemplating cathedrals.