ALR06 Day Five - Sardines to Skegness
Posted in Railways on 12th May 2006
In the event we rolled into Edinburgh just after 01:00, and once I'd seen that 90040 was waiting to lead us forward to Euston, I must have fallen asleep. I awoke somewhere around Weaver Junction with a splitting headache. Spent the next couple of hours trying to doze fitfully, and...
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...
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...