C. was given access to two lines which Dr. Beeching had marked for closure. It was there that we could carry out speed and braking tests. All of this ...as great fun as some of the new trains would be tasked to travel at high speed. They were looking to a time when one hundred miles an hour was normal speed and one hundred and twenty-five would be attained by expresses. That could not happen until steam traction was eliminated completely, and signalling systems radically improved. That was a part. Most of them do go astray, but they enjoy life. They may have sex with boy friends, with bosses, colleagues, servants, or even strangers. Most of them do have sex. Girls & housewives even boast about the number of people they had sex with during the navratri.Once I happened to be in Mumbai on my way to Delhi and for overnight stay I went to a hotel which was in a Gujarati locality. I just forgot that it was Navratri season and a great surprise was in store for me. I had to catch the early. You just never had the balls to admit it to her, mainly because you remember the fights your parents had, and you didn't want that as well. Basically you had a fear of commitment.Lacey returns to the desk with a receipt to sign, and a folder with the keys in it. "Okay, Mr. Jones, just sign here for your receipt. The car is in B32. When you return it next Monday put it back in that spot, and fill the tank up or that'll be an extra thirty dollars."You nod as you take her proffered pen and sign on. A few years ago my wife and I took a two-month holiday in Australia, to visit with some of her relatives. When we returned Roy, one of the other drivers and Angela who works as a courier on the Coach Tours, related to me what had happened whilst I had been away.Roy's taleTwenty odd hours on the road doesn't leave your head in the best condition to deal with the sudden end to your, as I thought, happy marriage! But that's what I was greeted with when we got back from that two week trip to Rome..