Guessing games

There was some sort of delay on the Piccadilly this morning, just as there was yesterday when at least two trains at Rayners Lane were cancelled. And as usual, when there is a problem, there was no station attendant. We did get a crackly announcement but – you guessed it – this was delivered precisely as a Metropolitan train was leaving the station and so of course we could barely distinguish a word. So whether today’s bit of fun was caused by

• Rampaging hippos on the line at Arnos Grove


• Faulty ticket inspectors masquerading as bishops at Leicester Square


• Insert your own silly excuse here, its just as likely to be true as the usual tat about signal failures

Well, who can say?