Not much on the blindsimming front at this end! 24-02-2016

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Husband catches a train into his workplace in London every day, giving me plenty of scope for blindsimming as I've been describing in these blogs. It is the main line between the South Coast and London and the commuters are often complaining about delays. Due, I am told, to - Leaves on the Line, Wrong type of Snow, Staff oversleeping, passengers committing suicide – sadly usually on Monday mornings and so on. A few weeks ago, there was a strange one. In the middle of January for a day, the sun was too bright! Would you believe it? Hard to believe that this would bring the trains to a halt? But it apparently did.

Reportedly, the drivers of trains going northwards in to London that morning, leaning out of their driving cab windows, were unable to see the back end of their train at station platforms and therefore couldn't see if passengers were still waiting to get on and they couldn't drive off!

Why? They were blinded looking back into the low and bright sun!

(Because of financial cuts etc. etc., trains nowadays don't have 'guards' at the back end as they used to. Any staff that might happen to be aboard the train, besides the driver, are too busy trying to catch passengers without tickets!)

The same thing happened to me once recently. In my home town, getting off the bus, I turned towards the sun and was quite blinded by the sudden glare from the sun.

I had that certain 'buzz' that I get when I'm blind deliberately when blindsimming, but this time I felt quite lost not having my stick to hand, of course. I expect you have similar experiences when the sun is low, as it is this time of year? I suppose most people would say they were just 'dazzled'?

I' m just a little mad about this subject, needless to say.

Sorry I haven't anything more exciting to report in the blindsimming scene just now.

Best wishes, Jane