We depart Penzance
And soon have an unusual view of St. Michael's Mount
St Erth Station
It would be a pity to leave Cornwall without visiting a branch or two
This is the East Looe River
With attractive Looe Station at the end
There are two railway bridges across the Tamar from Cornwall into Devon
This is Calstock on the Gunnislake branch
And this is well known Saltash on the main line to London Paddington
Totnes and the Unigate Creamery
Parson and Clerk headland, different today as the Clerk, the stack to the right, toppled in 1993
Dawlish Station, right on the beach
The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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St Erth Station
It would be a pity to leave Cornwall without visiting a branch or two
This is the East Looe River
With attractive Looe Station at the end
There are two railway bridges across the Tamar from Cornwall into Devon
This is Calstock on the Gunnislake branch
And this is well known Saltash on the main line to London Paddington
Totnes and the Unigate Creamery
Parson and Clerk headland, different today as the Clerk, the stack to the right, toppled in 1993
Dawlish Station, right on the beach
The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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This is the East Looe River
With attractive Looe Station at the end
There are two railway bridges across the Tamar from Cornwall into Devon
This is Calstock on the Gunnislake branch
And this is well known Saltash on the main line to London Paddington
Totnes and the Unigate Creamery
Parson and Clerk headland, different today as the Clerk, the stack to the right, toppled in 1993
Dawlish Station, right on the beach
The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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This is Calstock on the Gunnislake branch
And this is well known Saltash on the main line to London Paddington
Totnes and the Unigate Creamery
Parson and Clerk headland, different today as the Clerk, the stack to the right, toppled in 1993
Dawlish Station, right on the beach
The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Parson and Clerk headland, different today as the Clerk, the stack to the right, toppled in 1993
Dawlish Station, right on the beach
The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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The curved roof of Temple Meads Station, Bristol
With Bath Road Shed at the platform end
We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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We take the Severn Tunnel to Newport, where this train was a favourite
The 8pm postal from Cardiff to Crewe
Hereford
With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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With a celebrity dmu off the Worcester line
And as we are so near to Ledbury, a Ledbury picture of Ledbury viaduct
And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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And here's another,
Ledbury North End
Northwards from Hereford now, nearing Leominster
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Station straddles the Severn
The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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The Dovey Estuary near Aberdovey
As our journey north includes a loop of Wales
Tywyn, including the magic of the narrow gauge
Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Barmouth Bridge
And more narrow gauge magic can bring us to Blaenau Ffestiniog
For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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For a trip down the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction and this view of Conwy Castle
A closer view of Conwy Castle
Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Chester now
It is tempting to take the Northwich route to Manchester
But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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But in the end we travel via Helsby
And historic Earlestown, formerly Newton Junction
To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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To reach Manchester Victoria
Todmorden, with Heptonstall Church on the hilltop behind
Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Halifax, including the church in which I was married!
Bradford Interchange
And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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And, just a short walk away, Bradford Forster Square
The only station I remember with orange enamel signs
A quick spin to Ilkley
The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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The station remains gas lit but the route northwards has gone
So back to Shipley triangle to reach Settle Junction
Where the left lines are for Carnforth, the right lines for Settle and Carlise
Famous Ribblehead Viaduct
And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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And spectacular Dentdale approaching Dent Station
Wylam, having turned right at Carlisle
To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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To reach Newcastle
Departure north
Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Berwick
And Edinburgh Waverley on a snowy morning
Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Nearby Dalmeny and the Forth Bridge
And another Forth Bridge view on this amazing day
Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Crossing the Central Lowlands we reach airy Glasgow Queen Street
Dumbarton Central and a comfortable Glasgow electric
Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Balloch Pier, where this Glasgow electric terminates
and the Maid of the Loch awaits
Garelochhead on the West Highland Line
Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Passing at Ardlui
We divert to Oban
Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Before reaching Mallaig
Where one of the finest sea connections ever brings us to the railway pier at Kyle of Lochalsh
Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Fantastic Kyle of Lochalsh
Approaching Plockton
Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
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Remote Achnasheen
The junction station at Dingwall
Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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Change of platform required for Thurso and Wick
Lairg
I think it's signal boxes either end of the loop with a signalman cycling between them!
The Flow Country of Sutherland
And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
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And Georgemas Junction, where our epic journey ends.
Apart from, that is, that bracing walk north eastwards to John O'Groats!
THE END
Main Site Contents Page