What is going on? Not posted a single photo of myself this month! Just not been feeling it, at all this month. Since one of my best of my best mates passed away. Just not really been in best place. He was only 40, which is just, way, way to young to die! Jamie, you will always be very much missed! xx
Finished the End to End cycle 11 years ago!
Would you believe it?!?!? It was a whole 11 years ago today, that I finished doing the End to End cycle. A cycle covering 990.30 miles, which of course took me from John O’Groats to Land’s End.
Even after 11 years, would still rate it has one of the best things, that I’ve ever done! Really hope, that one day, I get to it again!
Here are, just some of my favourite photos from the cycle.
You can check out the route, I took below:-
- Day 1 | Sun Aug 9 2009 | John O’Groats to Tongue
- Day 2 | Mon Aug 10 2009 | Tongue to Carbisdale Castle
- Day 3 | Tue Aug 11 2009 | Carbisdale Castle to Loch Ness
- Day 4 | Wed Aug 12 2009 | Loch Ness to Glencoe
- Day 5 | Thu Aug 13 2009 | Glencoe to Killearn
- Day 6 | Fri 14 Aug 2009 | Killearn to New Lanark
- Day 7 | Sat 15 Aug 2009 | New Lanark to Carlisle
- Day 8 | Sun 16 Aug 2009 | Carlisle to Slaidburn
- Day 9 | Mon 17 Aug 2009 | Slaidburn to Chester
- Day 10 | Tue 18 Aug 2009 | Rest day
- Day 11 | Wed 19 Aug 2009 | Chester to Clun
- Day 12 | Thu 20 Aug 2009 | Clun to Welsh Bicknor
- Day 13 | Fri 21 Aug 2009 | Welsh Bicknor to Street | No GPS data
- Day 14 | Sat 22 Aug 2009 | Street to Okehampton
- Day 15 | Sun 23 Aug 2009 | Okehampton to Perranporth
- Day 16 | Mon 24 Aug 2009 | Perranporth to Land’s End
Climbed Ben Nevis three years ago!
WOW! Where has the time gone? Three years ago today, Nick and myself climbed Ben Nevis, which is of course, the highest mountain in the British Isles! Standing at 1,345 metres above sea level. Still can’t believe that we both did it!!
Check out the route we took at www.strava.com/activities/1088565730
Here are some photos + vlog, from a truly amazing day!
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/uk-named-summits/ben-nevis-17-07-2017/.
Previously unseen photos from Far North Line
Here are some previously unseen photos from when Mark G and myself did the Far North Line, back in December 2019.
Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-lines/far-north-line/
Favourite photos from December 2019
Here are my favourite photos from December 2019… Please do give the photos a comment!




Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2019-12/ for all my other photos from December 2019.
Favourite photos from January 2020
Here are my favourite photos from January 2020… Please do give the photos a comment! 🙂




Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2020-01/ for all my other photos from January 2020.
Visited 79 railway stations so far in 2020
That’s me, visited 79 railway stations for the very first time in 2020! My total now stands at 338. But still got a long, long way to go!
Here is the list of the ones, I’ve done so far in 2020…
- Aberdour
- Bamford
- Barnetby
- Barry
- Barry Docks
- Barry Island
- Bickley
- Birchgrove
- Bolton on Dearne
- Boston
- Brading
- Bristol Parkway
- Bromley South
- Cardiff Bay
- Cardiff Central
- Cardiff Queen Street
- Carmarthen
- Chinley
- Cleethorpes
- Coleshill Parkway
- Conisbrough
- Dalgety Bay
- Danescourt
- Dinas Powys
- Dinas Rhondda
- Dore & Totley
- Dunbar
- Edale
- Ferryside
- Folkestone Central
- Folkestone West
- Goldthorpe
- Grindleford
- Habrough
- Heath High Level
- Heath Low Level
- Hope
- Kidwelly
- Lake
- Llandaf
- Llanelli
- Llwynypia
- London Victoria
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Merthyr Vale
- Mexborough
- Newport
- Orpington
- Pembroke
- Pembroke Dock
- Penally
- Petts Wood
- Pontypridd
- Porth
- Portsmouth & Southsea
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Radyr
- Ramsgate
- Rotherham Central
- Ryde Esplanade
- Ryde Pier Head
- Ryde St John’s Road
- Sandown
- Scunthorpe
- Sevenoaks
- Shanklin
- Swansea
- Swinton
- Taffs Well
- Tenby
- Thurnscoe
- Ton Pentre
- Tonypandy
- Trehafod
- Treherbert
- Treorchy
- Ty Glas
- Ynyswen
- Ystrad Rhondda
The full list can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/railway-stations/