East Midlands Ranger Area Station #58 – Langley Mill & Eastwood

On a grey and windy autumn day, 28th October 2021, I ticked off station number 58 of 76 on the East Midlands Ranger Area list when I travelled to Langley Mill in Derbyshire. As usual, I caught the train from Burton on Trent, then changed at Nottingham. The bulk of my travels have been with…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #58 – Langley Mill & Eastwood

East Midlands Ranger Area Station #57 – Polesworth

When I started the East Midlands Ranger Area challenge in February 2019, I soon discovered that some railway stations would be easier to visit than others. Some of them have a regular hourly or half-hourly service, some have more trains at peak time (morning and afternoon) than they have during the day, and then there’s…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #57 – Polesworth

East Midlands Ranger Area Stations #55 & #56 – Whitwell and Creswell

Now that I am into the last twenty of the 76 stations in the East Midlands Ranger Area challenge, most of the unvisited ones are further away from home. Yesterday, 6th October 2021, I crossed off stations 55 and 56 in the far north of Derbyshire. They were at Whitwell and Creswell, located a few…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Stations #55 & #56 – Whitwell and Creswell