That sure was a great afternoon in Nottingham, with Mark T! For me, is was a trip down memory lane, since I lived in Nottingham for a while, way back in 2001! When I was dating a lad called David! I really had, forgotten was a nice city, Nottingham is!
It was also great fun using the Nottingham Trams, for only the second time! Need to go back again, really soon and use them again!
More photos from this set can be seen at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/days-out/18-09-2018/
I can now add Ealing Broadway and Slough, to the list of railway stations, that I’ve used!
I can now add Paisley Gilmour Street railway, to the list of railway stations, that I’ve used!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/paisley-gilmour-street/
That sure was a great cycle! Did 62.43 miles, so making it the second longest cycle of the year so far! It could well be my favourite cycle, of 2018! Since I cycled along part of the Grantham Canal. Then stopped off at Bottesford, to get some food, and also check out it’s railway station!
Then it was off to Elton and Orston railway station, which is one of the least used stations in the UK. It only gets two services a day. One to Nottingham at 6:25am and other service to Skegness at 5.10pm. There is no Sunday service. A normal service operates on most bank holidays.
Then it was back home passing Belvoir Castle! So over all, a great cycle!!
You can check out the route, I took over at www.strava.com/activities/1696372700
WOW! Just been to Corrour railway station, which is the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom.
So, so pleased with myself! That I’ve just ticked off, Corrour railway station! Which is the highest railway station in the UK, it’s also not accessible by any public roads!! Which gives you, an idea of just how remote it really is!
If you can, at some point in your life, I would recommend you travel up to Corrour railway station! It’s by far the best railway station, that I’ve ever been too!
I can now add Corrour railway station to the list of UK railway stations that I’ve used!
Check out the full list at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/uk-national-rail-network/
I am sure that most of you will know, that I love trains and railway stations! So I of course, had to check out Whalley railway station, while I was in the area…
RIP East Coast Trains 2009 – 2015. You were the best railway franchise in the UK. It’s all down hill from now on. Since Virgin have taken over running of the ECML. It will be like National Express all over again!
So from today, the trains will start turning Virgin Red. We’re going to lose the great colour of East Coast Trains. See some photos below!
During my drive on the way back from Scotland. I stopped off at the Kirkby Stephen railway station, which is on The Settle-Carlisle Railway line. Which is on my list of railway lines to do to in the UK.
The full set of these photo’s can be found a www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/kirkby-stephen/