Sleep was sporadic, as it often is in these situations. It did not matter however. I alternately slept, and dozed, enjoying the movement of the train. Thankfully, none of my travelling companions snored, and I hoped that I did not either. A glance of “Google Maps” in the morning placed us half way across Germany, […]
A Day in Brussels – No Sprouts, but a Good Friend I slept a good amount. The combination of extreme travel/Tinto-weariness, and strong Belgian beer served me well in terms of slumber. After a shower, and luggage drop at the hotel, I headed north to the Royal Gallery of Saint Hubert. This is a shopping […]
This is always a bit of a non-day of any holiday. On this occasion, I had booked my accommodation for the extra night to avoid putting the owner in the position of giving me a “freebie” to store my case, and bag there. For this reason, I felt that I had a bit more freedom […]
SQA Marking – tick. School Show – tick. Fife Pride – tick. Tinto Summer School – tick. Crazy year at school – goes without saying really. With all these things done, the time had come for me to actually have a holiday. To this end, I awakened in the morning after a very lovely dinner […]
My train from York was at 10.56. I hauled myself, and my luggage across the city, and enjoyed a bacon roll and a coffee at the station. Enjoyed looking around at some of the metalwork, and decoration – similar to that I’d seen in the museum the previous day. My train left on-time, and arrived […]
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, […]
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 […]