February 8 1991 Penzance England
Penzance is very close to England's most south-westerly point at Lands End. It even has palm trees.  On this particular day, it had been hit with severe cold and a bad snow storm.  The trains were not designed for this.  Toilets were frozen and locomotives did not operate properly.  Delays were everywhere.
Just a few days before, I had been in northern Scotland on a spring-like day.  British weather is never predictable.
Why was I in England in February?  Well, I was supposed to be on a trip behind steam locomotives in Kenya, but the promoter went bankrupt without any travel agency insurance.  I lost quite a bit of money, but decided to salvage the trip by getting a Britrail Pass and doing many of the lines in the United Kingdom that I had not been on before since I already a non-refundable airline ticket to London..