On Wednesday 26th July 2023, I returned to the Cross-City Line which runs between Lichfield and Bromsgrove/Redditch, through Birmingham. My destinations were Longbridge and Barnt Green, the latter of which is the junction where the line splits and goes on to Bromsgrove in the west and Redditch to the east. The trip began at Burton…… Continue reading Cross-City Line – Longbridge & Barnt Green
Month: July 2023
Duffield 2023
On a sunny Wednesday which threatened to turn rainy, 19th July, I took the train up to the Derbyshire village of Duffield, just a few miles north of Derby. Regular readers of the blog will have noted that I have been to Duffield before, in August 2020 on the way to Belper. However, that day…… Continue reading Duffield 2023
Leicester – February 2023
On a cold, but very sunny February day in 2023, the 9th, I took a couple of trains from Burton on Trent to Leicester for a day out in the historic city. There wasn’t supposed to be a blog post for this trip, but I haven’t been anywhere this week, so I have had to…… Continue reading Leicester – February 2023
Long Eaton
On a day of weather I would describe as “changeable”, Monday 3rd July 2023, I revisited the town of Long Eaton. I was first there on a dark January morning back in 2020, at the dawn of a new year and new decade, when nothing could possibly go wrong in the world. I was only…… Continue reading Long Eaton
Monthly News – July 2023
It’s been a quiet month on Martyn’s Blog, with just two posts in June. It has been far too hot to travel recently, so I have had a short break from the trains. West Midlands Metro This trip occurred in late May, but the blog post wasn’t uploaded until June. I visited some of the…… Continue reading Monthly News – July 2023
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