Lake District and Yorkshire Dales
26-29 June – The Lake District – Phillip and Heather own a cottage in Underbarrow, a village in the Lake District National Park. They very kindly…
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Newark on Trent, Lincoln and Sherwood
18-25 June – Newark on Trent – We were privileged to stay with friends we met on a cycling tour of the Danube back in 2017….
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York and Hull
14 June – Dundee to York – The train trip to York was definitely one for enthusiasts. For a start, it ran on the Northern Line,…
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Dundee, Perth and St Andrews, June 2023
June 10 – Inverness to Dundee – We had a bus trip booked to Inverness, the same bus that we had caught up from Glasgow then…
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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…