I always dreaded this moment. Arriving at the station for the first leg of a cross-Channel train journey, involving three trains, to find the first train has been delayed.
First there’s false hope. Maybe if I sprint through Paris Metro I’ll make it to Gare du Nord before the Eurostar check-in closes? Even false hope quickly evaporated as my already delayed train ground to a halt in the midst of the French countryside, to be overtaken by a cow. I scanned the Eurostar app for later trains, all over £200 one-way.
