Recent content by PaulLothian

The Derwentwater launches are effectively a ferry service as well as providing a tour of the lake - at least that's the way we've always used them!

Possible, yes. Useful, not so much. We've had a number of threads discussing this over the years...

We (both in our 70s) went to buy our Senior Railcards at our local station, after the local concessions we previously used were cancelled by the council as a cost-saving measure. 'Do you want to see our birth certificates?' we asked. 'No, that's OK', said the clerk. 'You look...' (miniscule...

Linlithgow's cricket pitch is next to the Edinburgh - Glasgow main line. The club was formerly called West Lothian County Cricket Club, so theoretically a county ground back in the day...

Sorry that I missed out on recent discussions, during our 3 weeks in Orkney. Can't comment on Shetland, but much of Orkney is sandstone, which is notoriously porous.

Just back from three weeks exploring the delights of Orkney. On the shore at Marwick Bay we found two lengths of tram-type track set upright on the shore, linked by a cross bar and very rusted. They appeared to have been used for mooring or, more likely, tying down a boat. Web searches have so...

Very easy, in my experience, for trains out of Queen Street to regain any lost time before reaching Croy. Have seen several turnarounds under 7 minutes.

50 years ago, one of my fellow students was returning home to Shetland in what became a rapidly worsening storm, which made it impossible to dock in Shetland. After crashing about for 10 hours at sea with no improvement, the ship turned round to labour back to Aberdeen. If I remember right, they...

Even as a confirmed non-fan, I think your choice was the least worst!

I clearly can't contribute anything significant to this thread, but I have just learnt that Barnet has moved away from Barnet! The last game of any significance I attended was at least 55 years ago when they were still at Underhill. However my daughter and grandson were intrigued by the...

Forty-four years ago, when we moved into our present house, our 4-year-old would regularly watch trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line down the hill from us. Now, tree growth along the intervening canal means that not one train is visible ☹️

Covered in some detail on the first page of this discussion...

I do remember a trip from Darlington to Edinburgh on a very foggy winter Sunday night nearly 50 years ago that used that route, via a reversal in Morpeth. No recollection of the reason or of how they managed the reversal in diesel loco days.

An additional option in the survey might have been worthwhile: * I no longer cycle because of health problems/disability May apply to a few of us on this forum, sadly!

I would very much like to see a side-by-side version of this at a slower speed, so I could properly appreciate the changes over time in the infrastructure! It's all a bit of a blur in shortest versions.