This time, 10 years ago, I would have been cycling from Carbisdale Castle to Loch Ness. A distance of 63.13 miles, with an elevation gain of 1,100 metres.
Check out the route, over at www.strava.com/activities/445506866 and please do give me a kudos.
This time, 10 years ago, I would have been cycling between Tongue to Carbisdale Castle. A distance of 45 miles, with an elevation gain of 873 metres.
Since doing the cycle, Carbisdale Castle is no longer a youth hostel. It closed it repair in 2011. But never reopened! 🙁
Check out the route, over at www.strava.com/activities/445506834 and please do give me a kudos.
This time, 10 years ago, I would have been cycling between John O’Groats to Tongue. A distance of 64.22 miles, with an elevation gain of 1,237 metres. It was the first, time I had ever been to that part of Scotland and till this day, can’t believe how totally amazing the views were!
Check out the route, over at www.strava.com/activities/445506836 and please do give me a kudos. Only had two so far! That’s due to Strava, not being a thing back then!
Happy 140th birthday to Glasgow Central railway station. Which was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879.
It had under 33 million passengers in 2017–18, making Glasgow Central the twelfth-busiest railway station in Britain and the busiest in Scotland!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/glasgow-central/
Who remembers this photo, from 11 years ago?!?!? It just popped up on my Facebook Memories. Got to say, we both really did look great in Lycra 🙂
More photos of us two, can be seen at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/gordon-mike/
I would, still rate Corrour railway station, has my favourite station in the UK! It’s the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/corrour/
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.
Below is list of ones, I’ve done so far in 2019! (Listed in the order, I’ve visited – oldest to newest)
The full list can be seen at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/railway-stations/
I also had fun on the Glasgow Subway. One of the best things, travelling with Nick, is you never know, what photos he’s going to take! Love seeing that amazing photos, he’s taken!
Also think he’s starting to get use to, travelling with me! Since, I like to always try and do has many things, that I can in a day! Not spend the whole time he’s pubs! We only went to one, during the whole time in Scotland and that was just to eat!
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/days-out/12-06-2019/
Look back to last week, when Nick got to use the Glasgow Subway for the very first time!
Still can’t believe, how many people, don’t know Glasgow has a underground. Which happens to be the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/days-out/12-06-2019/
Walking through the Falkirk Tunnel, in Scotland. Could well be the highlight of my Scottish holiday. It’s 630 meters long, making it by far the longest canal tunnel, I’ve ever walked through. Thinking of it, it could well be the only canal tunnel, I’ve walked through. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single other one, with a towpath, running through the tunnel.
So if, ever up in Scotland and looking for something very different. Then I would, recommend, going for a walk through the Falkirk Tunnel!
The route we took, started at Camelon railway station, then along part of the Forth and Clyde Canal, to the Falkirk Wheel, then along the Union Canal, to Polmont railway station. A distance of 9.58.
Check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/2441792248