Inverness, John O’Groats and Skye, June 2023
5 June – Glasgow to Inverness – Our path north to Inverness was by coach, the first we have used in the UK. We travelled with…
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Glasgow, Sirling, Edinburgh, June 2023
June 1 – Manchester to Glasgow – Our biggest concern about our planned train trip to Glasgow was the looming possibility of strikes. With a big…
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Manchester and Liverpool, May 2023
25 May – Cardiff to Manchester – Our train to Manchester was a straight through, not quite express, but without changes. So far, we have been…
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Wales, May 2023
22 May – Westbury to Cardiff – We caught a taxi to Westbury Station with an hour to wait for the train. Westbury can be quite…
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Westbury, Salisbury, Portsmouth and Bath
15 May – London to Westbury – We had the system pretty well worked out to get to Paddington station using a bus to Slone Square…
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London, May 2023
10 May – Brussels to London – We did not have to leave the apartment until 11am and our train to England was timed for a…
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Belgium, May 2023
6 May – Woerden to Brussels – We had a 12:40 Flixbus to Brussels booked so we managed to enjoy a leisurely pack-up before walking down…
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The Netherlands, May 2023
1 May – Cologne to Woerden – We had an early start, with a 5am rise to give us plenty of time to take a tram…
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Cologne & Lustheide, April 2023
27 April – Frankfurt to Cologne – It’s relocation day, off to Cologne. To be accurate, our destination is Lustheide, an outer suburb of Cologne. The…
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Frankfurt, Offenbach & Wiesbaden, Germany April 2023
20 April – Well, we have arrived, at long last, after a four year hiatus from overseas travel. As I write, we are settled in to…