Friday 9 May 2008 dawned cloudy but I went out anyway. A few minutes after sunrise the clouds parted and the sun burst through, lighting up the sea and sky for a few brief minutes. Right on cue 9303 rolled past on train 76100, the 06:40 from Cerbere to Narbonne. A minute later, it was all over. Terminal gloom descended and I went back to bed.