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I think the fewest number of changes would be 3:-

1]Crewe, Edinburgh & Inverness; or, Cardiff, Crewe & Inverness[using sleeper].

And the quickest would be with 4 changes:
Swansea, Bristol Parkway, Edinburgh & Inverness, taking 19hrs 52mins.
 
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Welshman said:
I think the fewest number of changes would be 3:-

1]Crewe, Edinburgh & Inverness, or, Cardiff, Crewe & Inverness[using sleeper].

And the quickest would be with 4 changes:
Swansea, Bristol Parkway, Edinburgh & Inverness, taking 19hrs 52mins.
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The quickest is correct, however, the fewest changes is not.
 
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Buttsy said:
The quickest is correct, however, the fewest changes is not.
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OK - let's try a bit of lateral thinking and actually read the question!

You don't specify "by train" and I'm not sure you would count Manchester Piccadilly-Airport and Inverness Airport-Station each as one change, but if you were to, you could travel by train from Fishguard to Manchester Piccadilly, fly from Manchester Airport to Inverness, and train onwards to Thurso. Therefore, possibly, 2 changes!

You would still travel through Wales, England and Scotland, albeit passing over parts of the later two! :D
 
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Welshman said:
OK - let's try a bit of lateral thinking and actually read the question!

You don't specify "by train" and I'm not sure you would count Manchester Piccadilly-Airport and Inverness Airport-Station each as one change, but if you were to, you could travel by train from Fishguard to Manchester Piccadilly, fly from Manchester Airport to Inverness, and train onwards to Thurso. Therefore, possibly, 2 changes!

You would still travel through Wales, England and Scotland, albeit passing over parts of the later two! :D
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I was thinking more that you'd have a chance to wander round a Cheshire town, catching the sights and also watch a meedweek match at the local league ground before carrying on with your journey...
 
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Ah - of course - the Fishguard-Manchester service calls at Crewe :idea:

So it would be changing at Crewe on to the sleeper, and then at Inverness!

[although I think I would prefer to spend the time on Crewe station and at the Heritage Centre if it were open! :D]
 
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Welshman said:
Ah - of course - the Fishguard-Manchester service calls at Crewe :idea:

So it would be changing at Crewe on to the sleeper, and then at Inverness!

[although I think I would prefer to spend the time on Crewe station and at the Heritage Centre if it were open! :D]
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Correct.

I haven't done Gresty Road yet, so I'd grab the match once the sun's gone down...
 
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"Bishop, for God's sake, put on that brake!!"

Who is reputed to have said this to whom and where?
 
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Paul Sidorczuk said:
I will immediately think of that great film "The Titfield Thunderbolt" and venture that of the two on the footplate were the vicar, Sam Weeks, who would have said this to Ollie Matthews, the Bishop of Welchester on the final run into Mallingford.
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That is indeed a great film, but as far as I remember, Sam Weeks was driving and Bishop Ollie was acting fireman, and I don't recall any occasion which warranted Sam to speak to his superior in such an abrupt and unseemly manner!

I'm thinking of two "real life" characters, not fictional ones.
 
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I presume the 'Bishop' in question is the LMS driver who took Coronation Scot to the World's Fair? If so I presume it was said to him by his fireman or traction inspector on the footplate when he was ' giving it some beans'!
 
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steamybrian said:
Would the Bishop be the late Eric Treacy... Bishop of Wakefield...?
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You're part-way there!

The Bishop was indeed Eric Treacy. He was driving.

The person acting as his fireman, and making the plea to stop was a then well-known contemporary Eastern Region General Manager.

And where did this occur?
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Time for a clue, perhaps....

The locomotive concerned was Matthew Murray.
 
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Welshman said:
You're part-way there!

The Bishop was indeed Eric Treacy. He was driving.

The person acting as his fireman, and making the plea to stop was a then well-known contemporary Eastern Region General Manager.

And where did this occur?
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Time for a clue, perhaps....

The locomotive concerned was Matthew Murray.
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With the clues I'll plump for Gerard Fiennes at the Middleton Railway.
 
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Correct. :D

Bishop Eric was driving and Gerard Fiennes was fireman.
In their enthusiasm, neither noticed Matthew Murray was in reverse gear, until Eric yanked open the regulator!

The tale is related by Fiennes in his second book of Memoirs - Fiennes on Rails.

Over to you.
 
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Attached is a scan of another ticket from the depths of my collection.

On what now closed railway was Cove Wood a station...?
A clue is that the adult return fare was 1/6d from the terminus...
 

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