The Devonian & The Riviera Rat II

Posted in Railways on 9th July 2011

Despite a relaxing week, and the novelty of being out and about much further from home than recently, I had a pretty poor night's sleep. So, as I stumbled across a surprisingly bright Doncaster town centre, my main aim was coffee. Predictably, none of the outlets at the station were...

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Kid Canaveral - SHOUTING at Wildlife

Posted in SHOFT on 4th July 2011

Before I started writing here in earnest, there were a number of things which seemed to urge me to shout about how great they were in the hope of convincing others, just like old times. In some ways, you can probably blame several of those records for making me want...

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The Severnsider

Posted in Railways on 2nd July 2011

It's been something of a low key month for a number of reasons, but getting to the station for the 08:16 just felt plain wrong! For years now, it's always been about squeezing every last bit of value out of the day's travel - and escaping if not physically as...

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