I’m trying to figure out whether it is worth trying to get to work on Friday and Monday by train whilst the guards are having their stupid, pointless, irrelevant, stuck-in-the-dark-ages strike. According to the announcement I heard on the way home this evening, South Central will be running no services west of Barnham. South West are not involved in the strike and will be running a "very limited" service, but if they run the scheduled 0845 to Brighton, I should be able to get to work just ten minutes late. Guards on Wessex are to be re-balloted, but if they run their normal service, the train that I use to get home will still be running.
But there are rather too many "if" factors in there for my liking.
UPDATE: asked at the station, and it seems that I will be able to travel. by train without too many problems.