Dentist again

I went to the dentist yesterday, I had to travel to Llanfairfechan. This time I went by taxi and train, taxi to the railway station, train to Llanfairfechan, taxi to Neuadd y Bryn hospital, then a return journey.

The thing which went wrong was that there were no trains between 14:30 (I missed the 14:30) and 16:30. I arrived at the station for the journey back at 15:00. So I sat on Llanfairfechan station for an hour and a half. It being a little halt, probably the least busy station on that line, there was nothing to do - no cafe and nothing to see. An hour and a half of nothing to do - and I couldn’t even walk back to the village and go to a cafe there.

I am told (by the taxi driver in Bangor) that the delay was because “some people” had stolen some of the copper wire that carries the signals. I don’t know if that’s true.

The dental work itself was completely painless. The dentist uses some kind of orange flavoured stuff that numbs the gum before putting the novocaine in. None of my dentists before him did that, but it’s a revelation.

I have a further appointment in November.