Just come back from yet another trip and read the completed 'Travelling Light'. I really liked the way it all fit together at the end, and Rev. S. Bury's sermon was heartwarming.
I never quite realised until I read the new ending that the way we just dismissed 'junction spotting' as ridiculous never sat that well with me. But then, it did have that kind of spin on it from the start:
"BECK ENHAM, JUNCTION spotter here," she said. "What do you want?"
"Junction spotter?"
"You've heard of a trainspotter, haven't you? See that pub over there - the Earl of WATFORD? JUNCTION with Hope Street?"
"Yes."
"Well, I spotted that. I've got them all down in my notebook, you know."
With this last story, Don is now the only character to have actually appeared in all four of the main stories! Richard Bromley came close, oh so close (I decided to cut his mention in Over The Top at the last moment as I couldn't think of a plausible reason to bring him in). Ken Sington is actually mentioned in all four (though not always by his correct name - he's gone by Sington, Nington, Pington and Dington so far). DS Roaden also came pretty close (had cameo in Over The Top, a few mentions in Travelling Light with a main role in Off the Rails; would probably have been around for the events of Hidden Underground had we come up with him back then).
Is the Reverend S. Bury the Canon Bury from Over The Top? If so, I may have to work on understanding his personality - he actually works with Don in Over The Top to apprehend Roy Aloak and turn him over to the authorities. Mind you, Roy isn't a particularly nice man at all (you don't even need to mention the animal abuse, just look at the way he treated Wes, Colin and Stan - at that point only Wes had committed a crime, stealing birds from London parks) so Rev. Bury may have chosen to act for the good of humanity.
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