Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

Hell is an English train journey

Between Pevensey Bay and Cooden Beach I feel I am losing the will to go on

‘The trains, like the sense of despair they bring on, haven’t improved since the 1970s’ [Allan Cash Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo]

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