The Cwm and Go(ne)

Posted in Railways on 28th March 2009

I didn't seem to have been asleep for more than a few moments when I woke. I pottered carefully around the hotel room, trying to avoid the creaky floorboards as I prepared to depart. Despite the fairly good weather yesterday, the morning was drizzly and cold, and I was amazed...

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The Restless Engineer

Posted in Railways on 21st March 2009

In some ways I'm not sure that today's trip warrants a long descriptive entry. It was, in most ways, a fairly unremarkable and relaxing day out on the rails. It was a last chance for a while at least, to spend a Saturday exactly how I like - getting up...

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The Longer Way Round

Posted in Railways on 14th March 2009

Back at the start of the year, I set out a list of possible trips for the first few months of the year. The plan was to travel as much as possible before the long blockade descended and weekend travel became tricky. I turned back to this list this weekend...

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