DIARY OF A GHOST HUNTER

Before returning home, Anne and I spent a few days in London and even though we hired a car we avoided driving around the city because of the traffic and crazy road rules. It requires a steely nervous system to take on driving in inner London and, even though we used Google Maps, we were both glued to the road and checking and double checking the route and still made mistakes. So, the less nerve wracking alternative is the Underground - or 'THE TUBE'. The London underground was the world's first starting in 1863 between Paddington and Farrington. Horrifyingly, it used gas lit wooden carriages hauled by smelly steam locomotives when it first operated. It was such a novelty that people delighted in travelling the short rail line even though it would have been claustrophobic, smelly and very dangerous. The underground now has 11 lines that cover just over 400 km and stop at 270 stations. Anything up to 5 million passengers take the journey daily and at peak time there can be