ALR06 Day Four - Sleep The Clock Around

Posted in Railways on 11th May 2006

Another early start following a fairly good night of sleep, but I awoke with a nagging toothache. These trips wouldn't be the same without their petty injuries and aches and pains which I'm sure are borne of the strange lifestyle I lead when on leave from work. I reckon a...

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ALR06 Day Three - Haste Ye Back

Posted in Railways on 10th May 2006

Woke to the sound of annonucements at Paragon Station. Trains were moving, so it was time to get up, miss breakfast once again, and head for my first train of the day. My hope had been that this would be one of the new First Transpennine Class 185 units, but...

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ALR06 Day Two - Highway to Hull

Posted in Railways on 9th May 2006

An incredibly early start. The idea was that last night I would have discovered how long it took to walk to the end of the long pier where Stranraer station sits beside the Stena Line ferry terminal. Given my aching foot, the early morning and my pessimistic view of my...

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