I’ve decided to try to make a 7 day All Line Rover an annual event.
This year’s objectives were –
To visit at least one place I’d never been to before – achieved with Rye & Oxenholme
To travel on a railway line I’d never been on before – achieved with Ashford – Hastings
To travel on some interesting trains – achieved with Penzance sleeper, locomotive hauled Manchester – Newport & Birmingham Moor St – Marylebone.
To go for at least one country walk – achieved with Orrest Head at Windermere and a bonus of The Helm at Oxenholme, a small hill with amazing views, just right to occupy a traveller with a wait between trains.
To enjoy as much on train catering as I could – achieved with sad exception of Avanti letting me down on breakfast but the highlight being Transport for Wales’, Big Breakfast
To read through my latest Dartmoor book which is almost finished.
The itinerary was –
Days 1 & 2 : Paddington – Penzance (Night Riviera sleeper) – Torquay – Bristol – Paddington
Day 3 : Stratford International – Ashford – Rye – Hastings & return
Days 4, 5 & 6 : Kings Cross – Durham – Edinburgh – Windermere – Manchester – Macclesfield (visited friends) – Newport – Paddington
Day 7 : Euston – Birmingham – Marylebone
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