I am very interested in photography

And recording railway stations mainly at night

There is something still that I like to record

About five years ago I found myself in Dover

The geography of this station fascinated me

As it was overlooked by hills at both ends

It was while I was taking my photographs

That a member of station staff came up to me

And asked why I was standing at the platform end

Was I waiting for the last train or just quietly smoking

Or did I have something much more sinister in mind

I explained that I liked photographing stations at night

We had an interesting conversation about photography

Before I changed platforms and caught my train home

I thought very little of this small and passing incident

Until I spoke to a porter who was also a camera enthusiast

He remembered the girl as one of the administration staff

Who for no reason walked into the tunnel from the platform

Some ten years previously an event that shook him up

As the girl was very outgoing caring and much liked

Out of kindness I pretended to have confused my dates

But deep down I knew who I had met and what I had seen

I checked the photographs that I had taken on that visit

Yet the station deep in its night shadows was quite empty