EARLY WAKE UP CALL

A researcher from the Health Education Authority became curious about a small town in the Lake District of northern England, after coming across an alarmingly large increase in the number of births being reported. Eager to investigate this phenomenon, the researcher decided to spend a weekend in the town. The researcher stayed in a friendly bed and breakfast, but after a day scrutinising the town's records, still couldn't understand what could be causing the residents to have so many children. At about 6am on Monday morning, the researcher was suddenly woken by a loud rumbling and he felt like the whole building was shaking. Worried that it might be an earthquake, the researcher ran downstairs and banged on the landlady's door. The landlady eventually managed to calm him down and told him that the rumbling was due to a freight train that passed by every weekday morning at about the same time. The landlady went on to explain that the town had been a victim to the train's rumblings since the tracks were strengthened over a year ago. The researcher, understanding the effects on couples being woken up early in the morning, realised what was causing the mysterious population explosion.

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