WOW! That’s me just got 2.86 miles, remaining left to do. Then I can say, I’ve done #walk1000miles for the second year in a row!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
The 1% goodr for the Planet Challenge ✅
That’s me completed another Strava challenge. This time “The 1% goodr for the Planet Challenge“.
Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!
Happy #StationsDay 2019 everyone!
Happy #StationsDay 2019 everyone! So how many railway stations have you been to? Well in the UK, I’ve been to… 206 (8.04%), out of 2,560 passenger railway stations on the Network Rail network.
Which, may not sound that good, but, by this year last year, I had only used 62.
Of course, the big question is which is my favourite in the whole of the UK… Well it’s got to be Corrour, followed by Glasgow Central in second place.
Here is the full list, of the ones that, I’ve used so far…
- Abbey Wood
- Aberdeen
- Acton Central
- Aldermaston
- Allens West
- Ambergate
- Anderson
- Angel Road
- Apsley
- Arrochar and Tarbet
- Aspley Guise
- Aviemore
- Ayr
- Balloch
- Barrhead
- Bedford
- Bedford St Johns
- Beeston
- Berkhamsted
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Bingham
- Birmingham International
- Birmingham Moor Street
- Birmingham New Street
- Bishop Auckland
- Bletchley
- Bottesford
- Brondesbury
- Brondesbury Park
- Brundall
- Brundall Gardens
- Buckenham
- Burton Joyce
- Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
- Camden Road
- Camelon
- Cannon Street
- Canonbury
- Cantley
- Carlisle
- Charing Cross
- Charlton
- Cheddington
- Chesterfield
- Collingham
- Corby
- Corrour
- Crianlarich
- Crossmyloof
- Dalreoch
- Dalmeny
- Dalmuir
- Dalston Junction
- Darlington
- Didcot Parkway
- Dinsdale
- Doncaster
- Duffield
- Duncraig
- Dundee
- Dunfermline Town
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
- East Midlands Parkway
- Edinburgh Haymarket
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Elgin
- Elton and Orston
- Exhibition Centre
- Falkirk Grahamston
- Falkirk High
- Fenny Stratford
- Finchley Road & Frognal
- Fiskerton
- Fort William
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow Queen Street
- Gospel Oak
- Grantham
- Greenwich
- Grosmont
- Hackney Central
- Hackney Downs
- Hampstead Heath
- Harringay Green Lanes
- Hathersage
- Hatton
- Hayes & Harlington
- Heighington
- Heckington
- Helensburgh Central
- Hemel Hempstead
- Highbury and Islington
- Hungerford
- Huntingdon
- Hyndland
- Inverness
- Kensal Rise
- Kentish Town West
- Kettering
- Kilburn High Road
- Kirkcaldy
- Kings Langley
- Kintbury
- Kiveton Bridge
- Kiveton Park
- Kyle of Lochalsh
- Langley Mill
- Lapworth
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leighton Buzzard
- Lincoln Central
- Lingwood
- Liverpool Lime Street
- London Bridge
- London Euston
- London King’s Cross
- London Liverpool Street
- Long Buckby
- Long Eaton
- Mallaig
- Manchester Oxford Road
- March
- Matlock Bath
- Melton Mowbray
- Metheringham
- Middlesbrough
- Millbrook
- Milngavie
- Milton Keynes Central
- Motherwell
- Neilston
- New Cross
- Newark Castle
- Newark North Gate
- Newbury
- Newbury Racecourse
- Newcastle Central
- Newton Aycliffe
- North Berwick
- North Queensferry
- North Walsham
- Northallerton
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oban
- Olton
- Oxford
- Paddington
- Paisley Gilmour Street
- Partick
- Peterborough
- Perth
- Plockton
- Polmont
- Plumstead
- Pollokshaws West
- Port Glasgow
- Queen’s Park (Glasgow)
- Queen’s Park (London)
- Reading
- Retford
- Rolleston
- Rugby
- Ruskington
- Seven Sisters
- Sheffield
- Skegness
- Sleaford
- Slough
- Solihull
- South Acton
- South Hampstead
- South Tottenham
- St Neots
- St Pancras
- Stamford
- Stevenage
- Stewartby
- Stirling
- Stratford
- Stratford International
- Teesside Airport
- Thatcham
- Thirsk
- Thornaby
- Tottenham Hale
- Tring
- Wakefield Westgate
- Warwick
- Warwick Parkway
- Waterloo East
- Watford Junction
- Welling
- Wemyss Bay
- West Hampstead
- Westerton
- Whitby
- Wigan North Western
- Willesden Junction
- Woburn Sands
- Wolverton
- York
Middle of October most popular photos
Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during October 2019.
Number 1 (129 views) : Found a rubber GIMP while out walking!
Number 2 (101 views) : Castelli Body Paint 3.3 Speed Suit
Number 3 (89 views) : Men’s HeatGear® Armour Compression Leggings
Darlington railway station. TICK!
I can now tick off, Darlington railway station.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/darlington/
Teesside Airport railway station. TICK!
I can now tick off, Teesside Airport railway station. Which happens to be, one of the UKs least used stations. With only one train per week, on a Sundays.
In 2017/18, it only had 74 passengers. So when the usage statistics for 2019/20 come out, I can say I was one of them! 🙂
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/teesside-airport/
Leeds railway station ✅
I can now tick off, another railway station, this time Leeds.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/leeds/
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman at Grantham
It’s not everyday, you turn up at your local railway station. And finding the Flying Scotsman, just waiting…
Seeing it, really did make my day!!
Vlog: WOW! I’ve turned 40!
WOW! That’s me turned 40! No idea, how I’ve been on planet earth for this long! Oh and big thanks, for all the presents!
Happy #NationalComingOutDay 2019!!
Happy #NationalComingOutDay to all you LGBTQ people!!
