UK rail trip – 2022 Day 46 – 18th May, 2022 Today I’m off to Stratford-upon-Avon. After buying my customary litre bottle of orange juice at Tesco, I walked across…
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Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 45 – 17th May, 2022 Today I’m off to Scarborough. Despite the very loud music coming from Mathew Street below, I woke up before…
Off to the Cavern.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 44 – 16th May, 2022 I was up by 07:00. The earliest I’d been up for a while (with the exception of overnight trains).…
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 43 – 15th May, 2022 I got up at around 08:00 and packed up. It was a Sunday morning, so nothing was open apart…
A lazy day in Kyle of Lochalsh.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 42 – 14th May, 2022 Today was going to deliberately be a lazy day. I had no plans for today, apart from doing some…
A very windy crossing.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 41 – 13th May, 2022 I awoke not long before the train passed through Carstairs. This is where the line to Edinburgh branches off.…
Onward connections.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 40 – 12th May, 2022 I woke up and checked out of the hostel. One of the first things I had to do this…
Time to move on again.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 39 – 11th May, 2022 I was up by around 08:00 (or thereabouts) and my payslip was already in my email inbox. It usually…
A few days in between.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 36 – 8th May, 2022 Today, my hosts and friends Steve & Christine took me off to the Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport.…
The end of my pass.
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 35 – 7th May, 2022 Today, my one month BritRail Pass expires. I’ve decided to take a train up to Stockport and spend a…