Category: Travel

#walk1000miles – 2025! TICK!

That’s me only gone and done the #walk1000miles challenge, yet again! I’ve now done it each and every year since and including 2018!

Check out www.walk1000miles.co.uk for more information.

The map below shows, all the places I’ve walked so far in 2025. Look out of the red dots and lines on the map. Want your own map like this? Check out the amazing VeloViewer website.

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Love going for walks around Glasgow

Had great fun walking around Glasgow today! Funny, I know big parts of London better, than my home City of Glasgow. 

You can check out my Glasgow walks at www.strava.com/activities/15942118365 and www.strava.com/activities/15943169572

Myself at Glasgow Green

Clyde Tunnel! Tick!!!

OMG. I’ve wanted to cycle or walk through the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow for many, many years! Today, I got to tick that off my list of goals!!

So glad, I’ve got walk through tunnel at long last! Need to tick of cycling through it next! 

You can check out our route at www.strava.com/activities/15897149113

Clyde Tunnel

Added 12 railway stations to my list so far during 2025

That’s me added 12 more railway stations to my list so far during 2025!

Myself at Cameron Bridge railway station

  1. Barking
  2. Barking Riverside
  3. Bishopton
  4. Bowling
  5. Cameron Bridge
  6. Forest Gate
  7. Kilpatrick
  8. Langbank
  9. London Fenchurch Street
  10. Rannoch
  11. Wanstead Park
  12. West Ham

The full list can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/railway-stations/

WOW! Going everywhere by costs so much!!

Rail ticket costs for this holiday! All these prices include using a Two Together Railcard.

  • Grantham to Edinburgh – 2 Adults – £107
  • Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street – 2 Adults – £22.10
  • Glasgow Queen Street to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £11.70
  • Balloch to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £6.60
  • Helensburgh Upper to Corrour – Return – 2 Adults – £59.80
  • Helensburgh Upper to Oban – Return – 2 Adults – £65.80
  • Helensburgh Central to Wemyss Bay – Return – 2 Adults – £14.90
  • Westerton to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £9.70
  • Helensburgh Central to Glasgow Queen Street – 2 Adults – £22.10
  • Edinburgh Waverley – Leven – Return – 2 Adults – £18.70
  • Glasgow Queen Street to Grantham – 2 Adults – £59.80

Total cost of £398.20

Updated : 14/07/2025

Bugsy’s railway station list : 12/07/2025

WOW! Bugsy has now done 45 railway stations in the UK! He’s one very well travelled boy!

Bugsy’s railway station list : 12/07/2025

  1. Balloch
  2. Barrow-upon-Soar
  3. Berney Arms
  4. Bottesford
  5. Corrour – Highest mainline station in the United Kingdom
  6. Craigendoran
  7. Crianlarich
  8. Cromer
  9. Dalreoch
  10. Dent – Highest mainline station in England
  11. East Midlands Parkway
  12. Edinburgh Waverley
  13. Elton – With Mark G
  14. Glaisdale – With Mark G
  15. Glasgow Central Station – Busiest in Scotland
  16. Glasgow Queen Street
  17. Grantham
  18. Grosmont – With Mark G
  19. Harrogate
  20. Helensburgh Central
  21. Helensburgh Upper
  22. Ilkley
  23. Kendal
  24. Leeds
  25. Leicester
  26. Loughborough
  27. Melton Mowbray
  28. Newark Castle
  29. Newark North Gate
  30. Nottingham
  31. Oban
  32. Peterborough
  33. Preston
  34. Rannoch
  35. Ribblehead
  36. Ruswarp – with Mark G
  37. Sileby
  38. Sleights – With Mark G
  39. South Wigston
  40. Syston
  41. Wemyss Bay
  42. West Runton
  43. Whitby – with Mark G
  44. Whittlesey
  45. Windermere