Would you dareto get off the train at Threlfont Wood?The station is usually shrouded in a meancing mist and its name is in ancient gothic lettering. Threlfont Wood. Don't alight there!

David Welby economics City genius did so only to find himself embroiled in the great Blitz of 1940, but more terrifyingly, the Bubonic Plague of 1665, which he duly brought back to modern London. Vividly written, Threlfont Wood is full of adventure, mystery and humour.