‘Travel’

From time to time I leave the sunny surroundings of Leeds and Bradford and explore places a little more exotic, or at least, further afield.

A 1200-mile pub tour 8 January 2011

Between Christmas and New Year, my friend Matt and I set off on a “grand adventure” that usually involves beer, and usually involves travel. We had a very grand plan ready for this year: a 1200-mile pub and ale tour of Britain that would take in pubs in Leeds, London, Inverness, York, and Edinburgh. Travel [...]

All Line Rail Rover 2010: The Awards 3 June 2010

If you use Internet Explorer and cannot see the map above, please refresh your page a few times until it eventually appears. All other browsers will be OK. Now that the seven day All Line Rail Rover adventure is complete, here are the Mike and Norman awards for excellence and otherwise. We travelled 3517 miles on 43 [...]

Rail Rovers Day Seven: Inverness to Durham via Kyle of Lochalsh

Day Seven saw us return home via Kyle of Lochalsh.

Rail Rovers Day Six: Fairbourne to Inverness via Shrewsbury and Windsor 2 June 2010

Day Six saw us do Wales, England and Scotland by way of the Caledonian Sleeper.

Rail Rovers Day Five: Windermere to Fairbourne via Llandudno, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Porthmadog 30 May 2010

Rail Rovers Day Five.