Young, fit and tipsy

Back around 1980 or so The Jam released the classic track 'Going Underground', of which I was a big fan.  Fast forward to 2024 and that's what Missy and I were doing on the Newcastle Metro:

One of the lights was out, which I didn't realise until I printed it.
Nikon N80, HP5+ on Foma paper.

The Newcastle Metro is, I have to say, rather useful.  Although we did nearly get stampeded on by a group of over-enthusiastic (and probably over-inebriated) girls one night, when just as we were reaching the bottom decided they would try to run the wrong way up the moving stairs.  Missy was alert to the danger to her old man and quickly guided me to safety, so there was no harm done - to me, anyway.  A quick glance back showed that the girls didn't get very far up the stairway until they lost their footing and collapsed in a heap, the stairway doing it's best to transport them back to the bottom.  All good fun when your fit, 20-something and tipsy. 

Almost every time we rode the Metro there was a significant presence of security guards - both on the trains and at the stations.  I'm not sure if this was due to a lot of problems in the past or a decent attempt to stop problems from occurring in the future.  The latter, I think - so well done Newcastle.