I thought that it was very rare that I visited the small county of Rutland until I was informed that the East Coast main line sliced through Essendine in the eastern corner of Rutland, and I had therefore passed briefly …
It was my wife who suggested I should have a free day in Norwich, sandwiched between the Wednesday working in London and a family funeral in North Norfolk on the Friday. Rather than doubling back to the north-east, I booked …
Tourist information for the Ford and Etal estate in north Northumberland suggests that the best way to get there is by car. But that’s not the most environmentally friendly way to get there, which is to enjoy the scenery over …
Before I introduce you to this month’s Yorkshire delight, I would remind you that the Saltburn Food Festival takes place on Sunday 28 July starting at 10am until 6pm. Saltburn is a small town and the difficulty of finding a …
Trains are the usual subject of this column, but I stray into buses wherenthere is a good deal available. Buses often get a bad press, for not turning up or running late, or – worse – running early. But, like …
There’s a new musical in London’s West End called “Standing at the Sky’s Edge” playing to packed houses. The songs and music were composed by Richard Hawley, Sheffield’s well-known singer-songwriter (remember “Tonight the Streets are Ours”?) and is set in …
Northern Railway had a special offer in February if you collected two tokens from a range of local newspapers. If you then downloaded a form from their website and attached the newspaper tokens, you could have a Northern one day …
When I visited the Conwy Valley, staying at Llanrwst, in November, I was not expecting to be back in the area so soon. On 25th January, the Association of European Rail Agents met in the Imperial Hotel, Llandudno, and I …
I arranged a two-night visit to North Wales from 29 November to 1 December so my wife could claim I was away for two months. Staying in the small town of Llanrwst (pronounced Thlan-roost) at the Eagles Hotel, I took …
In late October I found myself for two days in a four-star hotel in southern Leicestershire. It was a thirty minute walk from the nearest bus stop in North Kilworth, ten minutes down the hotel drive and twenty minutes along …
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