It’s difficult to know what to think of people who can bomb so callously targeting random men, women and children.
The authorities have been really good, and although transport was closed down in central London, people have been walking out of “Zone 1” to many of the mainline stations that are open.
Personally, I had to travel somewhat further afield since Kings Cross wasn’t open at the time I left the office, and as I type, they’ve only recently opened the surburban line services. At Finsbury Park station, which I eventually reached via foot and then bus from Holloway, staff were pretty organised as they filtered people onto each of the two services that were running. With GNER services out of action, it’s undoubtedly going to get very crowded later on and I was fortunate that I was able to leave the office early enough to avoid any queues later on.
Much of London had shut by the time I’d left the office anyway, with the majority of shops already closed.
Londoners are a tough bunch. Many of our parents and grandparents lived through the blitz in WWII. We’ve had IRA atrocities in the 70s, 80s and 90s. I remember the day that the Harrods bomb went off, when I was in Selfridges. So terrorists aren’t going to stop many from going about their daily business.