crewmeal
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I thought that excuse was used in days gone by, but apparently not!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...h-hour-train-services-standstill-2-hours.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...h-hour-train-services-standstill-2-hours.html
COW on the tracks brings rush hour train services to a standstill for two hours
...rail commuters faced two hours of delays in the when a cow wandered onto the tracks and brought rush hour services to a standstill.
- Cow was filmed on the line at Nailsea and Backwell station, Somerset
- Twitter user Aimee Ramsay wrote: 'Trains are delayed. Kamikaze cows everywhere'
The escaped heifer was caught on camera walking on the line at Nailsea and Backwell station, in north Somerset.
Bemused commuters watched from the platform as the cow trotted along the line, oblivious to the delays that it was causing.
Train services between Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, were delayed between 7am and 9am yesterday while workers tried to catch the animal....