{"id":797,"date":"2009-03-17T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T21:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=797"},"modified":"2009-03-27T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T11:06:07","slug":"confessions-of-a-disgruntled-train-commuter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a disgruntled train commuter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_819\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-819\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-819\" title=\"train\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/train-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"train\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/train-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/train.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The commute to Brussels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s 8am, as I listen to a chorus of nose blowing from the train-load of commuters traveling to Brussels, I am miles away in my thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>I loose myself in the pleasure of anticipation, mentally manipulating potential sailing itineraries.<\/p>\n<p>It helps block the revulsion I&#8217;m feeling for the passenger opposite me as he starts mining his nostrils to pass the time.<br \/>\nI have plenty to smile about&#8230; good grief there he goes again with the end of his pencil!!&#8230; should I say something?<\/p>\n<p>And people wonder why I like sailing solo&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Back to more pleasant thoughts of itineraries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_827\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-827\" title=\"atlantic-route\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/atlantic-route-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"atlantic-route\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/atlantic-route-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/atlantic-route.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hypothetical sailing route<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I still have a lazy summer to pass in the Mediterranean, island hopping through Greece but bearing ever so slowly westward via Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Mallorca and Gibraltar. Then it&#8217;s through the legendary \u201cPillars of Hercules\u201d and on to the Canary Islands by November.<\/p>\n<p>Should I follow the \u201cmilk run\u201d to Santa Lucia? No&#8230; I want to see South America&#8230; Natal Brazil via Cape Verde, and the Island of Fernando de Noroha sounds much more interesting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At this point my plans are subject to change on a whim, but I&#8217;m surprised to discover numerous constraints governing my choice of travel destinations. Natures timetable of prevailing winds and currents, or the likelihood of storms including hurricanes, impose limits on my decisions.<\/p>\n<p>If I sail to Salvador it will be three months before the winds are favourable to continue north. If I travel west to Aruba or on to Colombia I&#8217;m stuck until the trade winds gentle in April leaving precious little time to reach Bermuda.<\/p>\n<p>The train stops&#8230; Two new passengers make themselves comfortable beside me, and in what appears to be choreographed synchronization they take out their handkerchiefs to trumpet their arrival. Does everyone have a cold today?<\/p>\n<p>How I wish I were sailing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 8am, as I listen to a chorus of nose blowing from the train-load of commuters traveling to Brussels, I am miles away in my thoughts. I loose myself in the pleasure of anticipation, mentally manipulating potential sailing itineraries. 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