Didcot Crazyness

My godparents are moving to Australia on 22nd July so we went to there Farewell disco and BBQ! Party was great got to catch up with faces i haven't seen since i was 13 or younger! (20 now) What a palava trying to get there though! Tried to get a train that went to Dicot from Barnstaple thought they would give us hourly times but nooooo that would be toooo easy we could pick from 7:08 which got us to Didcot at 10:47 or the 13:43 which got us to Didcot at 18:17 :/ wayyy to late so we decided we would go to Reading first check into the hotel (Travelodge) and then go off to Didcot, still had to catch the 7:08 train though getting into Reading at 10:57 then bus to Travelodge which seriously needed updating. Anyhooo went back to Reading train station and got on the Didcot train just passed Cholsey when the train stopped 15 mins later and there is an announcement "we regret to announce that due to a security risk at Didcot parkway we have to wait for a significant amount of time till the risk is cleared" thought right okie how long could it possibly take ... as it happened not long as they diverted us past Didcot! They then told the Didcot passengers to get off at Culham and a coach or taxi would be waiting. Yeaa that didn't happen waited at Culham for an hour nothing at all, Culham for the record is in the middle of nowhere all it has is a train station and pub (the one next to the railway very friendly!!) phoned national rail they couldn't help finally got a train back to Didcot at 14.17 What a nightmare! still party was good and we got back to Barnstaple fine where lack of sleep is catching up =P