The transportation infrastructure is one of the things my Dad (who is from London, but emigrated to Canada in the late 60s) warned me about before my recent move to the UK. My experiences of moving around London over the years have usually been positive, but that was as a tourist. Now that I’m living here, I am definitely noticing the challenges associated with the vast network of trains, tube lines and buses.

I also went to WTM and was amazed at the crowds packed into the DLR. Thankfully, extra trains were added to accommodate…but even still, it was a bit ridiculous. Is this what it’s always like when there is a large exhibition in town?

I also experienced the challenges faced by so many commuters in recent weeks on the London Underground, when over this past weekend I discovered that the Victoria line was closed both Saturday and Sunday. I only needed to go two stops (Oxford Circus to Victoria), but it was quite the adventure travelling instead on Bakerloo, and then Circle line…alongside the many others who had been displaced. I too reflected on what it was going to be like in the Summer of 2012.

Hopefully Transport for London can get their act together in time!

Any chance of giving the Silence Speaks a mention?