Richard's Trip Reports

[Techniquest]

Sounds a canny day out mate, good read too, quite informative to me as well. I try to avoid voyagers like the plague, however if your travelling down from Gods Country, the early start invariably means a voyager. I'm hoping by the time I go down there, the 09.42 is still booked for XC HST.

You'd be better off having a few days focused solely on the Midlands, and to properly enjoy a WMDR you need to spend the whole day on it. Especially for someone who isn't from the area so needs everything!

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That's exactly what my intention, go down the day before, start the day WMDR at the very first knocking's next day, back to base for 2nd night home the following afternoon, basically trying to score whatever whenever. Very uncharttered waters for me too.
Any suggestions for a base camp folks? Brum Crewe or Stafford?

Tough call on where to set up base camp (I must say, glad someone else uses that!) really, I've not found anywhere I can recommend yet in the Midlands. I will say that it's not worth trying Britannia Hotel, Wolverhampton as it's a lousy place. I know blindtraveller would recommend Rollason Wood Hotel, Erdington but I wasn't a fan when I stayed.

Birmingham will no doubt be your best location due to being in the centre of everything. Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn are very close by on Hill Street (south side of Birmingham New Street), and Premier Inn have a hotel literally just around the corner from New Street station. As for independants, I was going to stay at one near Tyseley on a previous trip, was well priced at £25 and all I can remember right now is that it began with a G. Wasn't far from Acocks Green station too.

Do some shopping around but do read several of the reviews for the different places to properly get an idea of what they're like!

 

[rg177]

Been a little quiet, eh? I've not really had a chance to type out a full report for Cheshire but I may as well fill you in on a few other recent moves.

Last Saturday I bit the bullet and did the Cumbrian Coast Line through to Barrow. It was gorgeous weather and the scenery was stunning. It was a 156 both ways (156480), which was lightly loaded St Bees-Millom, busier on the north/south ends of the line. I even had 156s Newcastle-Carlisle both ways (156463 out, 156490 back), bonus!

I had a day off yesterday so I snapped up some £2.95 advances on Tuesday and went to Carlisle again on two lightly loaded late morning/early afternoon trains. The 1022 to Carlisle was worked by 156469 and the 1332 back by 156479.

Hoping to have the report for the Cheshire Ranger with you by next Saturday

 

[Techniquest]

Swish, I look forward to reading it when it's ready

I should imagine you'll be taking advantage of the Easter break!

 

[rg177]

Aye

I'm off April 2nd-19th.

02/04- Glasgow-Carlisle via Dumfries
07,09,11/04- Central Scotland Rover
14,15/04- London
18/04- EC to Aberdeen.

 

[Techniquest]

Don't forget a Great Escape is back 7th-19th April, might be worth forfeiting a day in London to have a go!

 

[rg177]

Don't forget a Great Escape is back 7th-19th April, might be worth forfeiting a day in London to have a go!

Tempting but I have plans outside the zones already.

On the 14th in the evening i'll be doing Chiltern to Aylesbury, Bubble (if possible) to Princes Risborough and back down to Marylebone via High Wycombe.

On the 15th i'm scratching off my remaining c2c track then scratching St Albans Abbey

 

[Kite159]

Tempting but I have plans outside the zones already.

On the 14th in the evening i'll be doing Chiltern to Aylesbury, Bubble (if possible) to Princes Risborough and back down to Marylebone via High Wycombe.

On the 15th i'm scratching off my remaining c2c track then scratching St Albans Abbey

Good luck with getting the Bubble

 

[rg177]

Doing a few plans for the Central Scotland Rover on Tues/Thurs/Sat next week.

Fife Circle is 68s now, right?

 

[Techniquest]

Yep, looking forward to sampling that!

 

[rg177]

Lovely lovely, may as well do the whole circle then as it gives a +31 for my XC home

 

[rg177]

Well it's been a while, eh? I've currently got 14 GCSE exams starting Tuesday until June 22nd so i've not really had time to write out any reports. I plan on resuming with my first planned trip after my exams on June 29th which is to Inverness and back. Other planned moves thereafter-

13-14/7/15- London (More tourist slanted but ample rail moves too)
17/7/15- Stockport-Stalybridge, ATW 67s (Chester-Manchester), Dinting-Hadfield.
21/7/15- Free Northern Pass so a long day with the intention of clearing the Todmorden Curve, Colne, Preston-Bolton, Knottingley-Goole and Selby-Sherburn In Elmet.
23/7/15- A proper London bash.

As for the past month's moves, here's how I spent my Central Scotland Rover if you're interested.
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07/04/15

1S02 0743 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0920 1L [91127]
1R85 0930 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Queen Street 1022 1L [170409]
2B24 1054 1L Glasgow Central-Lanark 1145 1L [320318]
2B25 1151 RT Lanark-Bellshill 1227 3L [320318]
2Y42 1235 2L Bellshill-Edinburgh Waverley 1347 RT [158702]
2P27 1403 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Larbert 1445 RT [170476]
2N52 1502 RT Larbert-Glasgow Queen Street 1533 RT [170472]
1R56 1545 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Edinburgh Waverley 1638 3L [170409]
2G13 1707 1E Edinburgh Waverley-Glenrothes with Thornton 1810 2E [68004]
2K14 1815 RT Glenrothes with Thornton-Edinburgh Waverley 1930 RT [68004]
1E80 2002 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 2136 2L [220033]
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09/04/15

1S02 0743 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0920 1L [91124]
2P57 0933 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Falkirk Grahamston 1005 1E [170476]
2J61 1024 RT Falkirk Grahamston-Glasgow Queen Street 1109 RT [158706]
2N67 1119 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Alloa 1213 RT [170470]
2N58 1236 RT Alloa-Stirling 1245 RT [170470]
2P37 1257 RT Stirling-Bridge of Allan 1301 RT [170471]
1T82 1308 RT Bridge of Allan-Glasgow Queen Street 1345 RT [170410]
Subway- 1354 Buchanan Street-Partick [109]
2E56 1406 2L Partick-Bellgrove 1416 2L [320310/318255]
2E57 1420 2L Bellgrove-Glasgow Queen Street 1424 2L [318252]
2C40 1436 RT Glasgow Central-Rutherglen 1444 RT [318254/320305]
2S37 1446 RT Rutherglen-Glasgow Central 1455 RT [318270]
1Y88 1503 RT Glasgow Central-Bellshill 1517 RT [156504]
2B13 1523 2L Bellshill-Glasgow Central 1541 2L [380019]
1R36 1600 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Haymarket 1643 2L [170428]
2Y48 1648 1L Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1652 1L [158703]
2G13 1710 2L Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1714 3L [68004]
2L69 1732 8L Haymarket-South Gyle 1737 7L [68006]
2K78 1739 1L South Gyle-Haymarket 1747 1E [158727]
1R43 1752 3L Haymarket-Falkirk High 1818 2L [170416/170417]
1R18 1825 2L Falkirk High-Haymarket 1843 RT [170408/170428]
2H43 1852 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Park 1857 RT [334014/334033]
2H54 1903 RT Edinburgh Park-Edinburgh Waverley 1913 RT [334017/334038]
2H45 1921 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1924 RT [334008]
2K14 1930 4L Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1934 3L [68004]
1E80 2002 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 2132 2E [221129]
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11/04/15

1S29 0738 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0907 RT [220029]
2T61 0909 1L Edinburgh Waverley-Kirkcaldy 0953 RT [158735]
1L37 1010 RT Kirkcaldy-Perth 1051 1E [158702]
1T98 1055 1L Perth-Glasgow Queen Street 1213 RT [170452]
2E73 1223 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Partick 1235 4L [320309]
2L04 1242 1L Partick-Larkhall 1328 RT [318260]
2L07 1333 RT Larkhall-Glasgow Central 1408 1L [318260]
1R78 1430 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Haymarket 1513 RT [170402]
1C58 1518 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1521 1E [380013]
2Y67 1526 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1529 RT [158870]
1L07 1540 RT Haymarket-Inverkeithing 1554 RT [158702]
1B31 1557 RT Inverkeithing-Haymarket 1616 RT [158708/158716]
9S60 1617 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1621 RT [390157]
2Y49 1626 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1629 RT [156442]
1R67 1634 RT Haymarket-Falkirk High 1653 RT [170409]
1R58 1706 RT Falkirk High-Edinburgh Waverley 1739 RT [170452]
1E27 1830 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 1957 1L [91115]

 

[47403]

Well it's been a while, eh? I've currently got 14 GCSE exams starting Tuesday until June 22nd so i've not really had time to write out any reports. I plan on resuming with my first planned trip after my exams on June 29th which is to Inverness and back. Other planned moves thereafter-

13-14/7/15- London (More tourist slanted but ample rail moves too)
17/7/15- Stockport-Stalybridge, ATW 67s (Chester-Manchester), Dinting-Hadfield.
21/7/15- Free Northern Pass so a long day with the intention of clearing the Todmorden Curve, Colne, Preston-Bolton, Knottingley-Goole and Selby-Sherburn In Elmet.
23/7/15- A proper London bash.

As for the past month's moves, here's how I spent my Central Scotland Rover if you're interested.
-
07/04/15

1S02 0743 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0920 1L [91127]
1R85 0930 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Queen Street 1022 1L [170409]
2B24 1054 1L Glasgow Central-Lanark 1145 1L [320318]
2B25 1151 RT Lanark-Bellshill 1227 3L [320318]
2Y42 1235 2L Bellshill-Edinburgh Waverley 1347 RT [158702]
2P27 1403 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Larbert 1445 RT [170476]
2N52 1502 RT Larbert-Glasgow Queen Street 1533 RT [170472]
1R56 1545 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Edinburgh Waverley 1638 3L [170409]
2G13 1707 1E Edinburgh Waverley-Glenrothes with Thornton 1810 2E [68004]
2K14 1815 RT Glenrothes with Thornton-Edinburgh Waverley 1930 RT [68004]
1E80 2002 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 2136 2L [220033]
-
09/04/15

1S02 0743 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0920 1L [91124]
2P57 0933 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Falkirk Grahamston 1005 1E [170476]
2J61 1024 RT Falkirk Grahamston-Glasgow Queen Street 1109 RT [158706]
2N67 1119 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Alloa 1213 RT [170470]
2N58 1236 RT Alloa-Stirling 1245 RT [170470]
2P37 1257 RT Stirling-Bridge of Allan 1301 RT [170471]
1T82 1308 RT Bridge of Allan-Glasgow Queen Street 1345 RT [170410]
Subway- 1354 Buchanan Street-Partick [109]
2E56 1406 2L Partick-Bellgrove 1416 2L [320310/318255]
2E57 1420 2L Bellgrove-Glasgow Queen Street 1424 2L [318252]
2C40 1436 RT Glasgow Central-Rutherglen 1444 RT [318254/320305]
2S37 1446 RT Rutherglen-Glasgow Central 1455 RT [318270]
1Y88 1503 RT Glasgow Central-Bellshill 1517 RT [156504]
2B13 1523 2L Bellshill-Glasgow Central 1541 2L [380019]
1R36 1600 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Haymarket 1643 2L [170428]
2Y48 1648 1L Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1652 1L [158703]
2G13 1710 2L Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1714 3L [68004]
2L69 1732 8L Haymarket-South Gyle 1737 7L [68006]
2K78 1739 1L South Gyle-Haymarket 1747 1E [158727]
1R43 1752 3L Haymarket-Falkirk High 1818 2L [170416/170417]
1R18 1825 2L Falkirk High-Haymarket 1843 RT [170408/170428]
2H43 1852 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Park 1857 RT [334014/334033]
2H54 1903 RT Edinburgh Park-Edinburgh Waverley 1913 RT [334017/334038]
2H45 1921 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1924 RT [334008]
2K14 1930 4L Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1934 3L [68004]
1E80 2002 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 2132 2E [221129]
-
11/04/15

1S29 0738 RT Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley 0907 RT [220029]
2T61 0909 1L Edinburgh Waverley-Kirkcaldy 0953 RT [158735]
1L37 1010 RT Kirkcaldy-Perth 1051 1E [158702]
1T98 1055 1L Perth-Glasgow Queen Street 1213 RT [170452]
2E73 1223 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Partick 1235 4L [320309]
2L04 1242 1L Partick-Larkhall 1328 RT [318260]
2L07 1333 RT Larkhall-Glasgow Central 1408 1L [318260]
1R78 1430 RT Glasgow Queen Street-Haymarket 1513 RT [170402]
1C58 1518 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1521 1E [380013]
2Y67 1526 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1529 RT [158870]
1L07 1540 RT Haymarket-Inverkeithing 1554 RT [158702]
1B31 1557 RT Inverkeithing-Haymarket 1616 RT [158708/158716]
9S60 1617 RT Haymarket-Edinburgh Waverley 1621 RT [390157]
2Y49 1626 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Haymarket 1629 RT [156442]
1R67 1634 RT Haymarket-Falkirk High 1653 RT [170409]
1R58 1706 RT Falkirk High-Edinburgh Waverley 1739 RT [170452]
1E27 1830 RT Edinburgh Waverley-Newcastle 1957 1L [91115]

Top effort, certainly a very productive few days indeed.
More importantly, good luck with the exams.

 

[Techniquest]

Productive is right there, hopefully plenty of winners were had! A lot of mileage over the 3 days by the looks of it too, it's surprising how much a few BSBs between Haymarket and Waverley can build up the figures fast!

I remember my 2001 GCSE exams fairly well (not what the papers were on mind!), it's a tough few weeks so I totally understand the lack of your presence on the forum recently. Just don't do what I did at the time and refuse to revise anything! It might be jammed in your head already but a quick flick through the books can't hurt.

Well actually if you're not careful it could. Revise yes but don't push yourself too hard, it may well all come crashing down and go belly up otherwise. Take regular breaks from it all. Oh, and don't do what I did when I had the tests with FGW in 2008 (and yes, I did revise for that!) and stay up until silly o'clock and then drown yourself in coffee or other caffeine sources. If you haven't suffered the caffeine come-down before, take it from me it's far less than pleasant, your mood will bury itself in the ground until you refuel on more caffeine, and of course your sleeping pattern will be hugely affected. I've been addicted to Monster and Rockstar in the past, it took a LOT of doing to get off them, so please for God's sake don't get that way yourself!

You probably know all that already anyway to be fair! I hope the above is of at least some inspiration and advision of some level. I do however have one GCSE Survival Top Tip:

If you suffer with hayfever, make sure you've got a full packet of tissues with you. You may well be inside, away from pollen etc, but don't underestimate the power of the colour of the exam paper! I do speak from experience, I remember my school tie was hugely soaked in nasal fluid before the end of a science exam. As soon as I finished it and got rid of it, I was fine. I'd also been fine before I went in, so it's always been blamed on the deep purple with black type of the exam paper. No idea why it should have affected me of course!

OK, two Top Tips actually:

Whatever you do, even if your favourite, lucky or even just your current pen is working absolutely fine beforehand, do make sure you've got a few spares with you. Again I speak from experience, both from exams and from the beyond irritating experience on my 2012 ALR!

I hope you've got a good trip forthcoming to celebrate the end of the exams, you'll definitely want to reward yourself for surviving all that stress!

 

[rg177]

Thank you both. Yes, very productive indeed. Cleared basically all the track in the area with 1600mi 36ch over the 3 days.

And aye, a multi day rover is in order in addition to my plans listed in my previous post

 

[55013]

Looks like you had a great time.
I've been trying to buy a couple of Central Scotland Rovers for 45135 and myself to use later this month.
Under the previous franchise this took me five minutes online.
The new set-up requires them to ring me (office hours only) to complete the purchase.
Nearly a week on and I'm still waiting.
A complaint e-mail has gone in.
No reply to that yet, either.

Sorry to hijack your thread with a rant!

I've no advice to give regarding exams, I can barely remember taking them.
When I took mine Margaret Thatcher ruled the country and we still had 'O' levels

No matter, good luck with them anyway.

 

[Kite159]

No local friendly station ticket office in which to confuse them with various rover requests 55013?

 

[55013]

No local friendly station ticket office in which to confuse them with various rover requests 55013?

Oh yeah, but I'd much rather buy it online as it's (usually) much quicker and easier.
Why they've set it up like they have, I've no idea.
It's almost as if the new franchise doesn't want to sell rovers and is going out of its way to make it difficult to get them.
I'm sure that can't be true.

 

[47403]

Looks like you had a great time.
I've been trying to buy a couple of Central Scotland Rovers for 45135 and myself to use later this month.
Under the previous franchise this took me five minutes online.
The new set-up requires them to ring me (office hours only) to complete the purchase.
Nearly a week on and I'm still waiting.
A complaint e-mail has gone in.
No reply to that yet, either.

Sorry to hijack your thread with a rant!

I've no advice to give regarding exams, I can barely remember taking them.
When I took mine Margaret Thatcher ruled the country and we still had 'O' levels

No matter, good luck with them anyway.

she took my morning milk off me, the sour faced moo.

 

[rg177]

Well I've came up with how I'm rewarding myself for my exams.

Mashing a North East and East Midlands Rover together.

The bashing will be taking place in the Midlands but it works out cheaper at £71 for the week to just use the North East Rover as a means of getting to/from Doncaster and Sheffield.

I have the Sunday (26/7) worked out as:

Newcastle-Newark
Newark-Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes-Doncaster
Doncaster-Peterborough
Peterborough-Nuneaton
Nuneaton-Tamworth
Tamworth-Derby
Derby-Newcastle
(From 0925 to 2131 approx)

I've worked out that

Newcastle-Sheffield
Sheffield-Leicester
Leicester-Bedford
Bedford-Corby
Corby-Bedford
Bedford-Bletchley
Bletchley-Rugby
Rugby-Tamworth
Tamworth-Derby
Derby-Newcastle

Is possible in a day at 0935 to 2042.

Seven consecutive days will be tiring but the Midlands is near undiscovered!

 

[Techniquest]

That's going to be a monster bash! Hopefully you'll get to do a full trip report on it, would make an excellent read!

 

[rg177]

Sunday looks like it'd be 640ish miles and the Monday 610. Aye it'll be a monster alright. On the Saturday planning on being out early doors and perhaps heading to Brum for a proper bash (so a West Midlands Day Ranger would suffice if I didn't mind having to be on trains calling at Tamworth)

A late finish wouldn't be too hard (2144 into Newcastle probably) as the Sunday wouldn't need me to get up til 7:45.

4 exams down, 10 to go too

 

[47403]

Well I've came up with how I'm rewarding myself for my exams.

Mashing a North East and East Midlands Rover together.

The bashing will be taking place in the Midlands but it works out cheaper at £71 for the week to just use the North East Rover as a means of getting to/from Doncaster and Sheffield.

I have the Sunday (26/7) worked out as:

Newcastle-Newark
Newark-Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes-Doncaster
Doncaster-Peterborough
Peterborough-Nuneaton
Nuneaton-Tamworth
Tamworth-Derby
Derby-Newcastle

I've worked out that

Newcastle-Sheffield
Sheffield-Leicester
Leicester-Bedford
Bedford-Corby
Corby-Bedford
Bedford-Bletchley
Bletchley-Rugby
Rugby-Tamworth
Tamworth-Derby
Derby-Newcastle

Is possible in a day at 0935 to 2042.

Seven consecutive days will be tiring but the Midlands is near undiscovered!

Awesome move that, If you can afford it, may i suggest midway through have 1 night hotel stay over. Being from the North East too, I know, what a grind it is to get back home to Gods country,a hotel stay means you stay out a bit later and start a bit earlier, I realise funding it is easier said than done,
Gonna be one helluva mission.

techniquest said;-
That's going to be a monster bash! Hopefully you'll get to do a full trip report on it, would make an excellent read!

Too right tech, it'll be well worth reading if the lad can keep his eyes open long enough to type it

 

[rg177]

Awesome move that, If you can afford it, may i suggest midway through have 1 night hotel stay over. Being from the North East too, I know, what a grind it is to get back home to Gods country,a hotel stay means you stay out a bit later and start a bit earlier, I realise funding it is easier said than done,
Gonna be one helluva mission.

I'm 16 and traveling solo, not possible Also rovers not valid til 0845/0900 and I have a week to clear the lot. The £140 for the week is fine in terms of affordability though

I'll be aiming to position myself for XC HSTs (2042 arrival at Newcastle I believe) to make it less arduous doing moves like Newcastle to Derby, or getting East Coast services.

Anyway, more mileage in the bag too
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

Awesome move that, If you can afford it, may i suggest midway through have 1 night hotel stay over. Being from the North East too, I know, what a grind it is to get back home to Gods country,a hotel stay means you stay out a bit later and start a bit earlier, I realise funding it is easier said than done,
Gonna be one helluva mission.

Too right tech, it'll be well worth reading if the lad can keep his eyes open long enough to type it

And aye, I should cope alright. Home for 10:30, asleep 11, up 6:30 do it all again

 

[47403]

rg177 said;-
And aye, I should cope alright. Home for 10:30, asleep 11, up 6:30 do it all again

Christ I'd be dead to the world for a week after, then again your only a bairn, you should cope. All the best then. Gan on lad. (PS for those not from the North East subtitles are available on 888)

 

[rg177]

Christ I'd be dead to the world for a week after, then again your only a bairn, you should cope. All the best then. Gan on lad.

Did I mention I'm getting up at 3am on the following day for a 6:30 flight to Palma?

Might be curtailing the final day to the 19:32 into Newcastle
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

(PS for those not from the North East subtitles are available on 888)

Aye you'd never guess i'm only up in Wallsend by how I talk sometimes

 

[Techniquest]

Aye I was going to request some English versions for us lot from further south than Durham

Going to Palma too, nice! Don't underestimate how tired you'll be doing things like arriving at 2142 into Newcastle and getting back up quite early again the next day. I was doing things like that on my 14 day ALR in 2012, it was getting exhausting by the last day. It wasn't easy on February's monster bash in Kent and the North East either with each day being a long one and 11 hours minimum for bashing on all but the last of 6 days!

 

[rg177]

Aye I was going to request some English versions for us lot from further south than Durham

Going to Palma too, nice! Don't underestimate how tired you'll be doing things like arriving at 2142 into Newcastle and getting back up quite early again the next day. I was doing things like that on my 14 day ALR in 2012, it was getting exhausting by the last day. It wasn't easy on February's monster bash in Kent and the North East either with each day being a long one and 11 hours minimum for bashing on all but the last of 6 days!

Aye it's the family holiday to Majorca, and typically i've cleared all passenger track there already

And i'm prepared, it's a mix of a 5am alarm (Saturday) and 6:45/7:30 alarms for the rest. After long trips I am notorious for sleeping in til 11 the next day but the alarm will be on extra loud, might start drinking more coffee too

 

[47403]

Aye it's the family holiday to Majorca, and typically i've cleared all passenger track there already

And i'm prepared, it's a mix of a 5am alarm (Saturday) and 6:45/7:30 alarms for the rest. After long trips I am notorious for sleeping in til 11 the next day but the alarm will be on extra loud, might start drinking more coffee too

Oh jesus,I'd just climb into the case not your bed and get your parents to bundle you in the taxi. I maybe wrong but go to Palma city and get the train, its absolute dog years, since I done it, was a single tram like thing with wooden benches on it, if I remember rightly, which probably isn't, I was in my early 20's and I was on a lads holiday. I'm still searching for those 2 weeks lost.:roll::roll: Think this might be it below, if not certainly something similar


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...on-Palma_de_Mallorca-MISC-BR-1.html;1600;1200

 

[rg177]

I've got the first day of the Rover sorted then, only one of two days when I plan going out of area as such.

I've bought 2x £2.80 advances Derby-Birmingham Stns just to save myself a change at Derby or a scenic tour via Leeds on a service with a Tamworth call.

So i'm out on the 0623 to Birmingham in at 0928, back on the 1830 to Newcastle for 2144. Gives me a nice 8-9hrs on a WMDR.

The Friday (31st Jul) will have the inclusion of a Bedford-London return so I can clear the MML while i'm in the area. Out on a 222, and back on a 319/377/387 to Luton Airport Pkwy for a 222 is the plan.

 

[rg177]

Morning! I've got a little sick of exam revision so I'm off to London on the 0559 to Kings X. 43290 is on the back but I'm not sure what's up front. 156429, an Allerton machine is also unusually working the 0555 Chathill.