For my daughters fifth birthday next year, we are considering doing the above trip.
She loves train travel and for her (& me) the further really is the better. We can pick up a train after school on the Friday, & get into Euston for about 8ish**. have a meal in Euston and then board the Sleeper (which is the main attraction for her) and take the long slow trip North. Wake up at her usual 7ish time in Scotland and take our places for a long & slow breakfast and enjoy the world going by until we get to Fort William.
Spend a little while in Fort William at a playground and then take the 11.40 train back to Glasgow, getting home on Saturday evening.
Its doable, its eminently doable, but I'm just wondering if I'm missing a trick somewhere ?
In the future, when the days are longer, I'm sure that we'll make a Grange to Mallaig, across to Skye room for the night and then Kyle to Grange trip, but as a great 'put me on' with the experience of a run on the Sleeper, it seemed like a great opportunity.
If there is anyone out there who has done a similar sort of trip (especially with a little'un) could offer me any pointers, they would be gratefully received.
** I know that we could pick up the sleeper at Preston, but it would mean joining the train at 1 'o' clock in the morning, which just wouldn't be fair (on either of us ! )
She loves train travel and for her (& me) the further really is the better. We can pick up a train after school on the Friday, & get into Euston for about 8ish**. have a meal in Euston and then board the Sleeper (which is the main attraction for her) and take the long slow trip North. Wake up at her usual 7ish time in Scotland and take our places for a long & slow breakfast and enjoy the world going by until we get to Fort William.
Spend a little while in Fort William at a playground and then take the 11.40 train back to Glasgow, getting home on Saturday evening.
Its doable, its eminently doable, but I'm just wondering if I'm missing a trick somewhere ?
In the future, when the days are longer, I'm sure that we'll make a Grange to Mallaig, across to Skye room for the night and then Kyle to Grange trip, but as a great 'put me on' with the experience of a run on the Sleeper, it seemed like a great opportunity.
If there is anyone out there who has done a similar sort of trip (especially with a little'un) could offer me any pointers, they would be gratefully received.
** I know that we could pick up the sleeper at Preston, but it would mean joining the train at 1 'o' clock in the morning, which just wouldn't be fair (on either of us ! )