h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And it was quite a strange one - of course it was, otherwise, I wouldn't have mentioned it.

I dreamt I got a train. This isn't anything particularly special, I get trains all the time - sometimes as many as four a day, but the particular train I got was interesting.

I got a train from Leeds to Addingham, and even more strangely, the trip took nine hours.

That may not strike you as a particularly interesting dream, so let me explain what's interesting about it.

Now, what is particularly strange about. First, the trip took nine hours (and the theme of the dream was my increasing alarm about how long it was taking). Addingham is only about 45 minutes from Leeds.

But the really, really weird bit is, I've never heard of Addingham. It wasn't until I woke up, and Googled it (well, I say googled, I mean, searched WisePilot for it) that I discovered that it was, indeed, a real place.

I know nothing of Addingham. I know nobody there, nothing there, have no ties with it, have never been there in my life, and according to Wikipedia, it no longer even has a train station.