Tag: Scotland

WOW! Going everywhere by costs so much!!

Rail ticket costs for this holiday! All these prices include using a Two Together Railcard.

  • Grantham to Edinburgh – 2 Adults – £107
  • Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street – 2 Adults – £22.10
  • Glasgow Queen Street to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £11.70
  • Balloch to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £6.60
  • Helensburgh Upper to Corrour – Return – 2 Adults – £59.80
  • Helensburgh Upper to Oban – Return – 2 Adults – £65.80
  • Helensburgh Central to Wemyss Bay – Return – 2 Adults – £14.90
  • Westerton to Helensburgh Central – 2 Adults – £9.70
  • Helensburgh Central to Glasgow Queen Street – 2 Adults – £22.10
  • Edinburgh Waverley – Leven – Return – 2 Adults – £18.70
  • Glasgow Queen Street to Grantham – 2 Adults – £59.80

Total cost of £398.20

Updated : 14/07/2025

Bugsy’s railway station list : 12/07/2025

WOW! Bugsy has now done 45 railway stations in the UK! He’s one very well travelled boy!

Bugsy’s railway station list : 12/07/2025

  1. Balloch
  2. Barrow-upon-Soar
  3. Berney Arms
  4. Bottesford
  5. Corrour – Highest mainline station in the United Kingdom
  6. Craigendoran
  7. Crianlarich
  8. Cromer
  9. Dalreoch
  10. Dent – Highest mainline station in England
  11. East Midlands Parkway
  12. Edinburgh Waverley
  13. Elton – With Mark G
  14. Glaisdale – With Mark G
  15. Glasgow Central Station – Busiest in Scotland
  16. Glasgow Queen Street
  17. Grantham
  18. Grosmont – With Mark G
  19. Harrogate
  20. Helensburgh Central
  21. Helensburgh Upper
  22. Ilkley
  23. Kendal
  24. Leeds
  25. Leicester
  26. Loughborough
  27. Melton Mowbray
  28. Newark Castle
  29. Newark North Gate
  30. Nottingham
  31. Oban
  32. Peterborough
  33. Preston
  34. Rannoch
  35. Ribblehead
  36. Ruswarp – with Mark G
  37. Sileby
  38. Sleights – With Mark G
  39. South Wigston
  40. Syston
  41. Wemyss Bay
  42. West Runton
  43. Whitby – with Mark G
  44. Whittlesey
  45. Windermere

Ted’s railway station list : 12/07/2025

Ted has been having great fun travelling over big parts of Scotland this week! I could, not be more happy with him! He’s done so well this week!

Here is his updated railway station list : 12/07/2025.

  1. Balloch
  2. Bottesford
  3. Corrour
  4. Craigendoran
  5. Crianlarich
  6. Dalreoch
  7. Edinburgh Waverley
  8. Glasgow Central Station
  9. Glasgow Queen Street
  10. Grantham
  11. Helensburgh Central
  12. Helensburgh Upper
  13. Newark North Gate
  14. Oban
  15. Rannoch
  16. Wemyss Bay

Bugsy and Ted have tick off three new railway stations!

Both Bugsy and Ted have ticked off three more railway stations today! I’ve dove them all before. But, love getting them both to new places!

  • Craigendoran
  • Glasgow Central Station
  • Wemyss Bay

Think that will their last new ones for a while. Due to be 27C to 30C here in Scotland for next two days. So way to hot, for walks etc. Then we head back south on Monday!

Bugsy and Ted have ticked off more stations!

Both Bugsy and Ted have ticked off two more railway stations today!

  • Balloch
  • Dalreoch

They should, tick off at least three or four more railway stations tomorrow!

Ted’s railway station list : 07/07/2025

Ted has been ticking off more railway stations! Here’s his updated list:-

  1. Bottesford
  2. Edinburgh Waverley
  3. Glasgow Queen Street
  4. Grantham
  5. Helensburgh Central
  6. Newark North Gate

Bugsy, Mark G, Ted and himself are on holiday right now. So this list, should grow very fast this week!

On This Day : 30/05/2018

On This Day back in 2018. I got to tick off, Corrour railway station! Which is the highest railway station in the UK, it’s also not accessible by any public roads!!

All these years later, it’s still one of favourite railway stations in the whole of the UK! And been back, a good number of times since!

Corrour railway station

Corrour railway station

Corrour railway station

Corrour railway station

More of Gordon! Being Gordon in 2025!!

Even with everything else going on in my life. Still been doing lots of Gordon, type stuff!

Done wetsuit photos in back garden, to cycling in both Lycra and wetsuits. Done just over 50% of the walk 1000 mile challenge. Walked the first day of The West Highland Way. Walked up Dumgoyne. Plus much more…

Here are some of favourite photos from 2025 so far…

Boys Get Sad Too

Boys Get Sad Too

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Myself at Linlithgow railway station

Still wearing my wetsuit after a cycle!

Myself at Kilmun Arboretum

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

Many more can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2025/