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Could'nt have put it better myself, whole heartedly agree

That looks a good itinerary covering lots of ground and plenty of places, the only advice i'll offer is make sure you utilise your down time and get plenty of sleep especially if you are doing this on successive days, it does take it out of you and you'll get tired, also make sure you have a...

I did the 3 in 7 last year based in lostwithiel, some ticket info here http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/pr0f61f9c35ce741009c0e3842403e09.aspx on day 1 I covered the newquay branch, Falmouth branch, st ives branch and penzance, day 2 got me to looe, gunnislake and to totnes day 3 took...

Was just about to book this, http://www.compassrail.co.uk/trips/138-Carlisle-Fort-William-Aug-2015.cfm Thinking twice now !

Sad as it is, one of side hobbies is collecting coffee mugs from league teams, I have a large set of shelves on my landing where they are all displayed but 'the rules' are that I have to visit the ground to get the mug (beats shopping with the wife !), so it makes going on holiday an interesting...

This years plan is starting to take shape, I've persuaded Mrs fridge to travel up the west coast of Scotland with me, its a journey I've long looked forward to and after showing Mrs fridge Michael Portillo's programmes on it, she's agreed to put up with me my camera and hours on trains !!! we're...

Love your write-ups fishquinn, always interesting and imformative :D

I hope that's right ! it will give me a lot more photo opportunities !!

While travelling home from Manchester on Wednesday to west Cumbria, we were passed by a 'shed' trailing coal hoppers near foxfield, normally the only freight traffic up on the cumbrian coast are flasks, does anyone know why it came down the coast and not over shap, I assumed it might have...

Travelled to Manchester last Friday on the 09-48 Whitehaven-barrow, it was a 153 with a 142 on the back of it but unpopulated, I'm now dreading the fact that we now have these revolting things on our wonderful line !! There are a few stretches where the trains can 'stretch their legs', which is...

In the mid to late seventies I used to commute every other Saturday to Manchester from Cumbria to watch united, we always caught the 19:15 from preston to Lancaster on the journey home, there used to be a female buffet car attendant used to offer 'favours' to the lads for a fiver...

This is the area I've been looking, your right about westbury it is a desert, found one near trowbridge but I might have to cart my bike down from Cumbria on the back of the car as its not walking distance from the station, the wife seems keen on Bradford on avon as we passed through it last...

Morning all, I'm in need of some help planning next years railway jaunt :D, I'm getting myself an 8 in 15 severn and solent rover ticket, what I'm looking for is a cottage/flat/house rental somewhere very close to a station around the center of the map (within walking distance), so my wife and...

Passed 68015 on the M6 near penrith today on the back of a low loader, just wondered if anyone knew where it was going to and from ?

DAY 3 A change of plan today, sat the previous night juggling train times so I can do everything I want on my last day using the rover ticket, Drove up to bodmin again and boarded the 10:03 Paddington train (43196/43086), alighted at Plymouth and returned to the terminus platform to catch...

To me a 153 is a modern day bubble car !!! Loving the hsts, your right we don't get any up here unfortunately, There's more to come on the gunnislake branch (are you a mindreader techniquest ?) Hopefully i'll get part 3 & 4 written tonight when I get in from work

Thanks for the comments techniquest, had fun writing it looking forward to writing the rest, have spotted some mistakes already, it was 150243 to penzance We went via Birmingham to Worcester, on the way home we went via bridgnorth but that's all in a later post ! --- old post above --- --- new...

This is my first attempt at writing a report I hope I can get it right :lol: I have been hankering to go to Cornwall & Devon for a long time, its 40 years since I was last there as a kid and can only remember small bits of it, mostly round Exeter & Axminster, so plans were laid last year and...

Having just returned from the west country, I have a spare copy, if you want me to post it to you, I can, no probs

Just a quick question, does anyone know if there is an opening date set for the footway on the breakwater between Dawlish and Dawlish warren stations as I'm planning to walk between the two stations in late may ? or is there an alternative route ? (if I've put this in the wrong section, feel...