I know, I can imagine your frustration with most tours visiting your area rather than starting from there. I usually have to do a couple of hours driving to get on most tours too- I just have to pick the ones that are worth it!
They do sound good tours. Yeah, I know what you mean about passing your house, it's especially frustrating on the way back to the tour starting pointYeah it is a bit like that, quite a few years ago a few us did a tour with a pair of 50s from Cardiff to York which we picked up at Bristol Parkway which was fine and before that we did D1015 from Westbury to Newquay and Fowey. But it’s always a bit surreal waving at your house as you sail past it twice in one day.
I sympathise with the pricing, but it seems to be the way things are going. More and more tours seem to be first class only too. As you said the traction is good and there are some difficult bits of track to cover, so it's up to each individual to decide whether it's worth the price!It does look very good but at £159 a little steep for my pocket! I appreciate it's all first class seating with very desirable traction so hard to complain too much to be fair still though £100 is more my usual upper limit for a railtour
Also worth noting that you do have to be a member of the BLS but at £12 per year it's more than worth it as that also gets you 24 issues of Branchline News which is an excellent publication (free sample can be found here).
It does look very good but at £159 a little steep for my pocket! I appreciate it's all first class seating with very desirable traction so hard to complain too much to be fair still though £100 is more my usual upper limit for a railtour
Also worth noting that you do have to be a member of the BLS but at £12 per year it's more than worth it as that also gets you 24 issues of Branchline News which is an excellent publication (free sample can be found here).
I'm in the same place with many tours, so I've just started driving there and back the same day for most of them or maybe staying one night rather than two at a push to keep the costs reasonable. Driving there and back the same day saves money on beer too, although it does make them long days. Pre-pandemic there were a few tours picking up in the South Yorkshire area, so hopefully now we're returning to normality a few more future tours might do too.
It does look very good but at £159 a little steep for my pocket! I appreciate it's all first class seating with very desirable traction so hard to complain too much to be fair still though £100 is more my usual upper limit for a railtour
Also worth noting that you do have to be a member of the BLS but at £12 per year it's more than worth it as that also gets you 24 issues of Branchline News which is an excellent publication (free sample can be found here).
Is there enough yellow pen activity on this trip for devotees of the BLS. There do seem to be a lot of trips in the Crewe / Liverpool area. This one needs to appeal to those who have possibly not done the earlier trips and want the novelty of class 40s.
This is a (mainly) mark 1 set.
Indeed and I certainly don't wish to give the impression that I'm somehow "disgusted!" or similar at the tour and it's cost. I'm a big fan of BLS tours (and the BLS) and I'm sure those that travel will have an excellent day.
Yes, indeed.
I was using the terminology adopted by the previous poster - I think they were suggesting that yellow pen = highlighter.
I see no - don't bother with highlighter pens! Just make a note of where I have been with a normal pen.
Thx - much appreciated
The tour does not do any of the Northern Merseyrail lines (Hall Road)
The second 40 is available but not in the right place therefore effectively not available.
They have two days to get it from Bury to Crewe which is not difficult unless of course 'someone' is making it difficult...........
