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For my next ALR (7 days starting 18/6) I will just turn up at Sandwell & Dudley station, hand over the cash and catch the next train. I have only used a reservation once in four previous ALR trips and that was for a sleeper. I buy a first class ticket and have always found a seat (though one...

Two separate 7-day First Class All Line Rovers (with a railcard) and maybe a couple of West or East Midland Day Rangers or LM Great Escapes. A 14 day rover would do me in whereas I can survive two one-week tickets, say a month apart.

My aim is cover as much track as possible, then go to places I have never seen. For various reasons I avoid spending nights away from home, so I tend to plan large circular journeys - my next ALR is in three weeks and will follow that pattern. One idea I had was to find as many negative...

By way of contrast, after my first trip I swore never to use it again unless absolutely necessary. If I wanted slow and uncomfortable there are a few bus operators who can it provide it.

In generic terms: aircraft (including lighter-than-air craft, hovercraft, gliders and parachutes) motorcycle (with or without a sidecar)/motor scooter rickshaw horse/camel/mule/etc (including horse drawn vehicles) sleigh/sled/toboggan/luge/etc skis skates spacecraft pogo stick