21st Century travel

I have to share my travel hell this morning.

It took me five and a half hours to make a straightforward journey from my home town of Market Harborough to London today because some thieving oik had stolen a length of copper cable from a signal box along the railway line, thus causing the entire network to grind to a halt.

Thousands of commuters were left stranded at various stations and forced to journey back to their original starting point.

I find it hard to comprehend the mindlessness of this one person - but moreover - what on earth will they do with a few feet of copper cable?

Obviously I can think of one suggestion and I am more than willing to help them execute that.