Tag: England

Collingham railway station ✅

I can now tick off, Collingham railway station.

Collingham railway station

Collingham railway station

Collingham railway station

More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/collingham/

Visited 160 railway stations!

That’s me, now done 160 out of the 2,560 railway stations in the UK! Still got, another 2,400 to go! Which is a hell of a lot. But then, I’ve have done 66 this year, so far alone.

Myself at Camelon railway station

Below is list of ones, I’ve done so far in 2019! (Listed in the order, I’ve visited – oldest to newest)

  • Ayr
  • Beeston
  • Long Eaton
  • East Midlands Parkway
  • Langley Mill
  • Elton and Orston
  • Burton Joyce
  • Fiskerton
  • Long Buckby
  • Northampton
  • Newark Castle
  • Rolleston
  • Corby
  • Kettering
  • Ambergate
  • Duffield
  • Matlock Bath
  • St Neots
  • Aldermaston
  • Didcot Parkway
  • Oxford
  • Reading
  • Thatcham
  • Newbury
  • Angel Road
  • Cannon Street
  • Canonbury
  • Charing Cross
  • Dalston Junction
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney Central
  • Hackney Downs
  • Highbury and Islington
  • New Cross
  • Plumstead
  • Stratford
  • Stratford International
  • Tottenham Hale
  • Waterloo East
  • Charlton
  • Hungerford
  • Kintbury
  • Newbury Racecourse
  • Arrochar and Tarbet
  • Camelon
  • Falkirk Grahamston
  • Polmont
  • Neilston
  • Port Glasgow
  • Westerton
  • Brondesbury
  • Brondesbury Park
  • Finchley Road & Frognal
  • Gospel Oak
  • Hampstead Heath
  • Harringay Green Lanes
  • Kensal Rise
  • Kilburn High Road
  • London Euston
  • London Liverpool Street
  • Queen’s Park (London)
  • Seven Sisters
  • South Hampstead
  • South Tottenham
  • West Hampstead
  • Willesden Junction

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

First cycle in around 10 days

That turned out to be a great cycle! My first cycle in around 10 days! That’s due to weather not being the best and having mini break in Scotland with Nick!

You can check out the route, I took over at www.strava.com/activities/2457532554

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Angel Road railway station, is now closed

So glad, that I got to use Angel Road railway station, before it closed! It closed on 31 May 2019, since then, the platform has already stripped and the footbridge already taken down!

Here are some photos from my visit on 9th May 2019.

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/angel-road/

Visited 45 railway stations for the first time in 2019

Here is a list of the railway stations, that I’ve visited for the first time in 2019. Really can’t believe, I’ve done 45 so far!

Elton and Orston railway station

  1. Aldermaston
  2. Ambergate
  3. Angel Road
  4. Ayr
  5. Beeston
  6. Burton Joyce
  7. Cannon Street
  8. Canonbury
  9. Charing Cross
  10. Charlton
  11. Corby
  12. Dalston Junction
  13. Didcot Parkway
  14. Duffield
  15. East Midlands Parkway
  16. Elton and Orston
  17. Fiskerton
  18. Greenwich
  19. Hackney Central
  20. Hackney Downs
  21. Heckington
  22. Highbury and Islington
  23. Hungerford
  24. Kettering
  25. Kintbury
  26. Langley Mill
  27. Long Buckby
  28. Long Eaton
  29. Matlock Bath
  30. New Cross
  31. Newark Castle
  32. Newbury
  33. Newbury Racecourse
  34. Northampton
  35. Oxford
  36. Plumstead
  37. Reading
  38. Rolleston
  39. Sleaford
  40. St Neots
  41. Stratford
  42. Stratford International
  43. Thatcham
  44. Tottenham Hale
  45. Waterloo East

Happy 10 year anniversary to Nick and myself!

Very big happy 10 year anniversary to Nick and myself! Yes BTW we’re just very good friends! Lot’s of people, think he’s my boyfriend when he’s not!

During the 10 years of knowing him, we’re done some truly great stuff together. Been a good number of cycles together, been to Scotland a number of times. Walked up both Ben Vorlich and Ben Nevis. Also of course, had him wearing Lycra and wetsuits a LOT!! 🙂

Nick and myself in wetsuits

Nick and myself cycling

Ben Vorlich

Ben Nevis

Nick and myself at Old Hunstanton

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/nick-gordon/

I am back in Lycra again! Been way to long!

If you follow me on Twitter, I did tell you, from this week, I would be back in Lycra again! Only did a mini cycle, of just over 18 miles. Still happy, with that!

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Grand Union Canal : Long Buckby to Birdingbury Wharf ✅

That’s us just done another part of the Grand Union Canal. This time, we walked from Long Buckby to Birdingbury Wharf. A distance of 14.54 miles.

The route we took can be found over at www.strava.com/activities/2381297851 and www.strava.com/activities/2381427436. It’s in two parts, due to my GPS watch going flat. So had to change over to using my phone.

Here are some photos from day 12 of our Grand Union Canal walk.

More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/grand-union-canal/