Cycled all the way home. I normally get the train for the last couple of miles, but the board at the station when I arrived was
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Apparently an earlier 'operational incident'* and a signal failure at Forest Hill. Pootled around the back way to avoid the Road of Death. I think they put some new hills in.
Oh, and cycle-lady briefly ahead of me at Clapham, that retina-searing white light goes on the front of your bicycle, not the rear.
*cryptically defined as '[t]he term 'operational incident' encompasses various incidents which can occur on our Network. We try to avoid these occurring as much as possible, but on the rare occasions they do occur we need to make sure we have the safety of our passengers as our number one priority.' Well it's nice they try to avoid them as much as possible. I'm the same with angry elephants.