East Midlands Ranger Area Station #31 – Oakham

A recent news report (on a slow news day, probably) revealed that one of England’s smallest counties, Rutland, was to be the last county to receive its very own branch of fast food outlet McDonald’s. While reading the report and trying to stay awake to the end, I thought to myself “I’m sure there’s a…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #31 – Oakham

East Midlands Ranger Area Station #30 – Ilkeston

I have the week off work this week, so I took the opportunity to visit another railway station. This time, it was Ilkeston in Derbyshire. A look at the weather forecast a few days beforehand told me that it would be a fine and sunny day. A look at the weather the day before said…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #30 – Ilkeston

East Midlands Ranger Area Station #29 – Long Eaton

My first trip of 2020 began on a dark and cold Saturday morning, January 4th 2020. My destination was Long Eaton, a place I had passed through many times on the train on the way to Nottingham, but today would be the first time I had been there. The journey began at 6:51am on the…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #29 – Long Eaton