” LIFE, A TRAIN JOURNEY” – By Des Kelly
On watching this meaningful, beautiful, and to top it off, Musical train journey, backed by the memorable voice of Susan Boyle, I found myself
thinking of my very first train journey, from the little Suburb of Moratuwa, in my Lovely Island Home,Ceylon, all the way to Nuwara Eliya, the Scenic Capital of the World, as far as I was concerned, anyway. I remember it so well. I rode on the engine itself, driven by my dear late Uncle Fred de Kretser, of the C.G.R.,& helping the ‘fireman’ to keep the log fire in the engine going, could well be the dream of ANY lad of around eight, and there I was. Just as the ‘train of life’ is, this wasn’t an express train, and it stopped at nearly every Station, on the way, so we could buy a few ‘masala or ulindu wadais’ to snack on, our long journey, which then took many hours to complete, and I remember stopping at these stations and waving proudly at hundreds of people watching us as we rolled by.
Now, nearly 79 years later, I find myself watching “LIFE, A TRAIN JOURNEY”, thinking about how absolutely LUCKY I am, to have lived this life, riding Trains of life, in both Ceylon and Australia.
Hoping that every Member & Reader of e’Lanka join me on this KLASSIC KELLY journey of life, as this is what it truly is, and always will be.
Desmond Kelly. (Mr.Music)
(Editor-in-Chief). e’Lanka.
