German Sea very benign today
Another European odyssey....!
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Into foreign lands
Wonder how many salmon in this shot ?
Wonder how many salmon in this shot ?
Nice she likes a bit of crumpet then.
Hmmmm...
A very good deal Gerry. According to the concierge, rooms at the North British ( none of that Balmoral pish to old timers like me) go for £1200 a night!
Have a good trip.
Indeed.A very good deal Gerry. According to the concierge, rooms at the North British ( none of that Balmoral pish to old timers like me) go for £1200 a night!
Have a good trip.
Stayed there when it was still a 'railway hotel'
Used to have quick breaks, park in Stevenage Police Station..next to railway station...in those days the sleeper went from King's Cross so stopped at Stevenage, up to Waverley and through the secret passage that used to run...and probably still does..direct from the platform into the hotel.
A very civilised way to spend a couple of days.
Now owned by Rocco Forte.
Train 5 minutes late due to 'police removing unpleasant customer at York' ....gosh! Never saw a thing! It'll be a pleb from ordinary class.
5 minute walk through KX and out into the zoo that is London....must be market day...eyes peeled for 'Cris wos ere' and 'Doc on tour' stickers, but all washed off.
Into the barely controlled bedlam that is Eurostar departures...
One late train for Paris and the place is stuffed, but managed to find a pair of perches for the not too long wait.
One train now away and you can move again.
5 minute walk through KX and out into the zoo that is London....must be market day...eyes peeled for 'Cris wos ere' and 'Doc on tour' stickers, but all washed off.
Into the barely controlled bedlam that is Eurostar departures...
One late train for Paris and the place is stuffed, but managed to find a pair of perches for the not too long wait.
One train now away and you can move again.
Shity fuck fuck..
Leffe blonde...trusty game bag back into action...done some miles that bag! The jacket tucked in the front is a Berghaus goretex jobby, bought off here.....thanks BL!
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I cunningly riveted a strap on the back to go over the suitcase handle....
You experienced traveling person.
Looks good.
My wife wants to do a Euro train journey. Better not show her this thread or it will be a done deal. It does seem a very civilised way of travelling. I don't like planes so we usually drive to Europe.
Just be sure to not involve connections in Germany.
Our next leg should be OK because it's one train no connections...if it breaks they can get us to where they said they would.
The last time we got ejaculated from the train in a very small German town...absolutely no help from the DB rail folk, so onto the Internet and booked a nearby hotel, continued the next day.
Got a refund but lost a day in Vienna..
.coming home they cancelled the train which meant having to come home over 2 days instead of 1...certainly an adventure, but ninjawife was having sense of humour failure....
As I said French and Italian rail services are pretty good.
LNER is very good...
Still killing time in Brussels....
Our next leg should be OK because it's one train no connections...if it breaks they can get us to where they said they would.
The last time we got ejaculated from the train in a very small German town...absolutely no help from the DB rail folk, so onto the Internet and booked a nearby hotel, continued the next day.
Got a refund but lost a day in Vienna..
.coming home they cancelled the train which meant having to come home over 2 days instead of 1...certainly an adventure, but ninjawife was having sense of humour failure....
As I said French and Italian rail services are pretty good.
LNER is very good...
Still killing time in Brussels....
I don't mind flying but can do without all the airport rigmarole at each end.
There are some exceptions...Venice where you can get on to a boat to get to the city for example, but Glasgow is a nightmare!
We have done road trips after the bike became a no no, but are a bit restricted due to our living in Scotland; it's either Amsterdam...quite expensive, or Hull...eeyuk...or drive through England...double eeyuk...hoping this Rosyth project comes to fruition and isn't ruinously expensive..
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And off.on time!
Geezer just been to offer free welcome drink...OK then...
An interesting journey...Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam.....and beyond!
Geezer just been to offer free welcome drink...OK then...
An interesting journey...Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam.....and beyond!
Have Gud'un Gerry
European Sleeper is a privately financed operation. They run several routes and are very successful.
They are 'open access' operators and there are equivalents in the UK...Lumo between Edinburgh and London, Hull Trains etc. They also are very successful, cheap, quick single class...
However the government, as ever, blinded by dogma, don't want to see anyone else make a success out of something they would rather see nationalised, are quietly resisting the other applications to run open access services such as Lumo wanting to operate between Sirling and Euston.
As ever they are pretending...much of the UK railway system is already nationalised...Scotrail, LNER, Networkrail. Heidi Alexander is busy creating an environment hostile to investment.
One of the main obstacles to improvement is the union's, and the government can't upset their paymasters.
Hey ho....
They are 'open access' operators and there are equivalents in the UK...Lumo between Edinburgh and London, Hull Trains etc. They also are very successful, cheap, quick single class...
However the government, as ever, blinded by dogma, don't want to see anyone else make a success out of something they would rather see nationalised, are quietly resisting the other applications to run open access services such as Lumo wanting to operate between Sirling and Euston.
As ever they are pretending...much of the UK railway system is already nationalised...Scotrail, LNER, Networkrail. Heidi Alexander is busy creating an environment hostile to investment.
One of the main obstacles to improvement is the union's, and the government can't upset their paymasters.
Hey ho....
There's a reason there is a free welcome beer....
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