There is a level Crossing down the road. Trains bound for Hereford, in one direction, and for Paddington or Birmingham in the other, mean the barriers are frequently closed. Sometimes, at busy times of the day, there will be a delay to allow trains to pass in both directions. The trains are diesel multiple units of West Midlands Railway locomotive pulled trains of Great Western Railway. When the crossing is closed for two trains, it is generally for those of the West Midland variety.

Anyway, I vowed that if I …