Shack Attack 2022

[KT550]

Another trip to Cambridgeshire and Suffolk taking in a couple of the infrequently served stations in the area.

22 October 2022

Lakenheath
Shippea Hill
Whittlesea
March
Manea

Total NR: 1613

 

[htafc]

A bash on the Welsh Highland yesterday got me Caernarfon and Porthmadog Harbour!
(Not NR stations)

 

[KT550]

27 Oct 2022

Bond Street

Total NR: 1614



London Underground:
Harlesden (first arr/dep on an Underground train)

 

[htafc]

24/10/22

Llanfairpwll

 

[Kite159]

28/10:
Bond Street (Elizabeth Line platforms)

 

[KT550]

A day out on one of the East Suffolk Lines between Ipswich and Lowestoft netted these:

29 Oct 2022

Woodbridge
Melton
Saxmundham
Halesworth
Beccles
Oulton Broad South
Brampton [Suffolk]
Darsham
Wickham Market

Total NR: 1623

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Today:
Gravelly Hill
Erdington
Chester Road
Wylde Green
Sutton Coldfield
Butlers Lane
Thats the X City Line "boxed off"!

 

[Frothy_B]

Germany:
8. Berlin Friedrichstrasse
9. Frankfurt (Oder)

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Saturday 12th November
Foxfield
Millom
Bootle
Drigg
Braystones
Nethertown

 

[KT550]

Finally finished off the stations between Southampton and Weymouth:

12 Nov 2022

Sway
Christchurch
Pokesdown
Branksome
Hamworthy

 

[birchesgreen]

11/11

Abbey Wood
Canary Wharf (Liz Line)

12/11

Headcorn
Marden

 

[Cletus]

12/11/22

Rainham (Essex)
Barking Riverside
Bond Street

 

[Kite159]

Another trip to Cambridgeshire and Suffolk taking in a couple of the infrequently served stations in the area.

22 October 2022

Lakenheath
Shippea Hill
Whittlesea
March
Manea

Total NR: 1613

I presume you did the walk between Shippea & Lakenheath?

 

[Techniquest]

I haven't been doing stations properly for years. Here and there, if the opportunity presents itself I might use a station I haven't done before. A few examples are: I ticked off a few on the West Coastway in May 2021, a few on the East Kilbride line in January 2021 and Heald Green got done in 2019, but generally I don't bother these days. That being said, I did a few recently and it somehow feels appropriate to note them here. Note I have no intention of returning to the days of doing stations, that's way too much effort and not enough fun!

31/10/22

Bond Street (XR)

01/11/22

Nairn
Inverurie

I might one day dust off the old list of stations I haven't visited, but it's not too likely. I still haven't done Kenilworth, the only station in the WMDR area that is currently open which I have not done. It's not hard to do, but I just can't be bothered to go after it!

 

[KT550]

I presume you did the walk between Shippea & Lakenheath?

Certainly did.

The arrival at Lakenheath was about 11:15, so plenty of time for the ~50 minute walk to Lakenheath town for lunch, then the ~1h 45m walk to Shippea Hill for the 16:20 departure.

Sadly, I wasn't the only passenger joining the train at SPP.

 

[The exile]

Certainly did.

The arrival at Lakenheath was about 11:15, so plenty of time for the ~50 minute walk to Lakenheath town for lunch, then the ~1h 45m walk to Shippea Hill for the 16:20 departure.

Sadly, I wasn't the only passenger joining the train at SPP.

Why “sadly” - surely the more, the better!

 

[KT550]

Why “sadly” - surely the more, the better!

It takes away the magic of being the only passenger at a "least used" station, particularly one in the middle of nowhere.

 

[The exile]

It takes away the magic of being the only passenger at a "least used" station, particularly one in the middle of nowhere.

True

 

[Techniquest]

It takes away the magic of being the only passenger at a "least used" station, particularly one in the middle of nowhere.

I'd view that more as a confidence in the train actually turning up personally. I remember my long fester at Builth Road, for example, it was actually nice to see other people again after so long!

Oh, and Spoiler Alert, there may be another entry from me on this thread before the month is out!

 

[The exile]

I'd view that more as a confidence in the train actually turning up personally. I remember my long fester at Builth Road, for example, it was actually nice to see other people again after so long!

Oh, and Spoiler Alert, there may be another entry from me on this thread before the month is out!

Yes, I would certainly have welcomed some company in the gathering gloom on an unlit Rawcliffe a couple of months ago!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Friday 18th November.

First one of these for a while is

(drumroll)

Coseley!

And a couple of tramshacks new to me were visited today (Sun 20/11): Corporation St and Handsworth Booth St.

 

[The exile]

21 November 2022

Oxford Parkway
Haddenham & Thame Parkway
Marble Arch
Bond Street (XR)
Beckenham Hill
Bellingham
Hyde Park Corner
Sudbury Town
Sudbury Hill Harrow



UK Total: 2297

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Saturday:
Bond Street
Harpenden

 

[The exile]

30 November 2022

Wythall
Earlswood

UK Total: 2299

 

[D841 Roebuck]

01/12/2022
Cuddington
Helsby
Greenbank

 

[KT550]

A few from a trip this week, routing London - York - Leeds - Bradford - Manchester - Stoke - London

29 Nov 2022

Poppleton
Hammerton
Cattal
Knaresborough
Starbeck
Harrogate
Hornbeam Park
Pannal
Weeton

30 Nov 2022

Burley Park
Headingley
Pontefract Tanshelf
Streethouse
Featherstone
Ben Rhydding
Guiseley
Baildon
Burley-in-Wharfedale
Menston
Kirkstall Forge
Bingley
Steeton & Silsden
Saltaire
Crossflatts

01 Dec 2022

Sowerby Bridge
Walsden
Littleborough
Mills Hill
Moston
Castleton
Prestbury
Poynton
Congleton
Adlington [Cheshire]
Macclesfield


Total NR: 1663

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Saturday 3rd December
Ockenden
Chafford Hundred
Stone Crossing

 

[KT550]

A few from yesterday's trip to Wiltshire. After Salisbury to Frome I had hoped to chip off a few west of SAL but delays and cancellations prevented that.
I spent my delay repay in the Wetherspoons in advance.

03 Dec 2022

Dilton Marsh
Frome
Warminster

*

 

[Andy Pacer]

03/12/22

Featherstone
Steeton & Silsden
Streethouse

 

[youngiecj]

08/12/2022

Saltburn
Marske
Longbeck
RedCar East
Middlesborough

Would have been a lot more if it wasn't for the bomb scare at Darlington. Win some, you lose some!