Category Archives: Travellers

OK, it’s been done before, but it’s still a perfect opportunity for people watching, for observing strategies for coping with the pressures of travel. There’s sleep at one extreme and endless chatter at the other with work, reading, gaming and i-pods in between.

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Mid afternoon on the Cambridge train another passenger surrenders to the seduction of sleep. Photo: King’s Cross-Cambridge train, 13th March 2011

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TGV 2

Travelling between Avignon and Lille, two British tourists take refuge in the comfortable familiarity of the Guardian, which advertises ‘A history of Europe in pictures’.  Photo: Avignon-Lille TGV, 13th March 2011

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TGV Squatter

TGV between Lille and Avignon.  A passenger takes up pocession of four seats and works with sighing and banging of files.  At Marne Le Vallee Chessy a family of boards and claims procession of their booked seats.  The squatter is … Continue reading

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Overground

Back in Cambridge a traveller employs the ultimate travel strategy – oblivion.  Next stop Ely Photo: Cambridge, 21st February 2011

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Underground 2

Another attempt; same train. Photo: London Underground, 21st February 2011

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Underground

A day in London visiting exhibitions.  Museum of London and Riflemaker Gallery connected by the isolating experience of the London Underground. Photo: London Underground, 21st February 2011

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