Take a trip on a train was no. 36 on my 52 things in 52 weeks challenge.
When I was down in Sydney a few months back for the NRL grand final with my friends, we caught a train to the game. When I originally added “Take a trip on a train” to this list, I had visions in my mind of going on a day trip on a train, or travelling somewhere interstate. That’s just simply not possibly right now, so this train trip will have to be the one that fulfills the task.
Although I really don’t like the way I just put that, as if “it’ll do”.
Initially looking at this train trip, I was disappointed that I was going to use this one to tick the box on the task. Yet when I think back on it, it was a train trip to a sporting grand final, it was packed with fellow supporters, there was a bit of chanting and jeering, and a fair bit of laughter. It was also a sad trip, as my friend had just discovered the passing of his grandmother only seconds before boarding, so our little group rode in silence.
This train ride does more than tick the box. It invokes memories, and that’s all I could have ever hoped for from my 52 in 52 challenge.
