My travels for the last two years have been dominated by trains. I take joy in the fact that I can pretty much go “door-to-door” to destinations across Scotland, England, Wales, and indeed to those in Europe, and Asia. In principal, I could work out a route by rail from AUR to WTCP, in Singapore […]
I took breakfast in a café next to the railway station before boarding my train to Peterborough to leave at 12.00. It was then a short wait at PBO with arrival at 12.49, and departure at 13.18.Arrival in YRK was scheduled to be at 14.32.Ive noted that railway information boards now have British Sign Language […]
This was a day for changing cities. Going east or west across the country is often a tricky one as routes tend to go north and south. This being the case, my journey to Cambridge involved two changes; one at Leeds, and one at Peterborough. In fact, my ticket was also split at Doncaster as […]
I dropped off my apartment keys at the shop where I had picked them up, before partaking in coffee, and a danish at the cafe next to the station. There were many trains leaving the platform before mine at 12.11, but it departed only a minute after the scheduled time. The journey was around 50 […]
It’s so easy to say “after a difficult year at school…” to justify a holiday so I will not say that. Ah, too late. Whatever the justification, here I find myself heading south on a short “World Tour of England”. “How did this come about?” I hear you ask. Perhaps you don’t ask. Either way, […]
My alarm awakened me with a “start” at 7.00am. I showered before taking Metro line 2 to Brussels-South railway station. I had coffee and a cinnamon danish before checking in. I passed without incident through French and UK border control and the “Eurostar” security check. The train left at 9.51am and arrived at 10.43am at […]
I slept fairly well on the train. I think. It can be very hard to tell as it feels a lot like you’re wide awake the whole night but at the same time, it all passes and before you know it, 8.00am has arrived. A very polite steward brought a coffee and a breakfast bag […]
Today was to be another non-day, with my train to Brussels not due to leave until 10.56am. This being the case, after a short workout and a shower, I dragged my case to the Hauptbahnhof and deposited in a locker. I then bought myself a cinema ticket to see “Oppenheimer”. Now, obviously I am not […]
This is the sort of day I struggle with what to do with. My checkout at my accommodation was 11.00am and my train to Berlin not until 6.00pm. I decided after a workout and a shower (warm this time after instruction from the owner on re-pressurising the boiler), to avoid “killing time”, as I had […]
After a tough year at school, various mad end of term events, Fife Pride, and Tinto Summer School, I found myself on a train heading south. After a short workout and a bath at home, I left Aberdour (AUR) at 8.39am, and arrived at Edinburgh Waverley (EDB) just after 9.13am. With my train to London […]