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Great thread, which I've just caught up with. Your 1985 FOS was a couple of weeks after I did one. Was 37175 still spouting outrageous gouts of flame when you were there? Uni/Poly interviews rang a bell, too. I did an overnight move down to Plymouth in Feb 1984. Electric Manchester to...

I don't think you can do it clockwise, but Widdershins, and with the aid of a bus, you can do Skipton-Leeds-Harrogate-York (bus) Whitby-Hexham-Carlisle-Barrow-Carnforth-Skipton if you get up at sparrowfart.

The quizzing, both Friday in Headington and Saturday in Bletchingdon went well. Good fun and great company. Anyway, back to the trains... 28/4/19 - A Leisurely Trundle Norrard. First move of the day was a kind lift to Banbury. Then 168327 and 168321 appeared, the former dud from its time as...

...and like Northern Rail, they are late! 26/4/19 - Reading to Oxford, the tortuous way (aka trains and boats and flying machines) A good night's sleep at Reading Travelodge, then a walk back through the town centre to pick up nice winner 166204 on the local to Basingstoke. This was...

Like glaciation, my trip reports eventually return... 25/4/19 - Oxford Quiz Trip Day 1 The best laid plans do not account for oversleeping. Therefore a late start saw me tramping it to Victoria on 3076, with 3076 following up to deposit me at Piccadilly. Tickets bought, Pendo 124 was dull and...

28/4/19 Wilmcote Rugeley Town Cannock

26/4/19 165103 166204 387134 387146 444023 444037 450033 450546 450564 450078 483004 483006 483008 Wight Ryder II (Boat) GH-2160 (Hovercraft)

25/4/19 Droitwich Spa Great Malvern

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It's no longer called Ceefax, though! With having Monday and today off (from haring round on trains rather than work), there's no point in a Heart of England Rover. Therefore the revised plan is tram to Manchester, single to Stoke, WMDR (cover the Cat diagrams, then head down Worcestershire...

22/04/19 - Week off day 1 Totally knackered after two long days at work. Duvet day, with Bristol Rovers v Rochdale watched on teletext rather than live. 23/4/19 - Week off Day 2 - Wayfaring Got up late and much refreshed - decided on a gentle day locally. Wayfarer bought, then spent 30 minutes...

23/4/19 Hathersage Chinley Hope Strines Dinting

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Nice couple of days there - and you've reminded me I've yet to sample a 379. Already got plans for two new (to me) classes in the next week, might tack on a third next Sunday to pick one up Are Hereford to Paddington trains 800s these days?

Keeping an eye on this one myself. 37421 is still required... :) Now there are non-stop services, Todmorden to Rochdale would be reasonable.

Not read your reports before, and they are very good. I like the random variety of your trips - buses, trams, ice cream and Arsenal* mugs sound the sort of random interjections into a day out that make it all the better. And I agree linguistically - Aachen rather than Aix-La-Chapelle! (*A...

Did Pitlochry to Blair Atholl many years ago. Nice scenic forested walk along the Tummel, with sunshine dappling the woodland floor. Then it started raining, heavily... :( On a more mundane note, Featherstone to Streethouse (or vice versa) will be done this summer.

I was on the scene at the time, but still didn’t get one on a service train. Did randomly get 58037, though... :) Anyway, back to Phil's thread - sounds like you enjoyed yourself, which is the whole purpose of leisure time. I hope the Settle and Carlisle, or wherever you choose to go next, is...

Thanks for the feedback. Got next week off (Monday to Sunday). Will involve a 3 in 7 Heart of England Rover, the odd Day Ranger, at least two quizzes, maybe a football match (with a new ground scored), various random new shacks, more mopping up of new track and (hopefully) lashings of red ink.

5/4/19. A Southland Raid, Day 2 The clocks had chimed midnight at the Park of Finsbury. Next up was a gratuitous attempt to be lucky with my last 11 GNR 313s, with a quick leap to Drayton Park and back. First up was double disappointing duddery, with 027 leading 051. However the return was...