In the absence of any train travel recently, due to work schedules, school holidays and hot weather, I thought I would give a few of my thoughts on travelling by train, having been a regular on the rails for nearly five years. Normal service should resume next week. A train at Nottingham. A CrossCountry Class…… Continue reading Notes on Travelling by Train
Month: August 2023
Burton on Trent Landmarks #17 – General Post Office, New Street
General Post Office building, now known as the “Old Post Office” Until 1765, post from Burton on Trent from London had to be sorted at Lichfield, with Burton not having its own post office. This changed in 1796 when the Mail Coach Service was introduced, providing a direct post service between Lichfield and Newark on…… Continue reading Burton on Trent Landmarks #17 – General Post Office, New Street
The Cromford Chronicles
Regular readers to this blog will know of my fondness for the Derbyshire village of Cromford, just a few miles south of Matlock on the Derwent Valley railway line. Cromford is one of the most significant sites in the history of the Industrial Revolution, with Richard Arkwright’s pioneering cotton mill being built there in 1771,…… Continue reading The Cromford Chronicles
All the Nottinghamshire Stations
The upside to the Elton & Orston debacle back in May was that I finally completed visiting all of the stations in Nottinghamshire. You name a station in the county, and I’ve been there. Bingham? Done it. Collingham? Yep, had a great time there. I’ve even been to Bleasby, and there’s a story attached to…… Continue reading All the Nottinghamshire Stations
Monthly News – August 2023
Although the weather outside has been frightful, for train travel it was so delightful, and I made a few trips this month. I re-visited some old places I had fleetingly been to before, and a couple of new places. Long Eaton I first went to Long Eaton way back at the start of January 2020,…… Continue reading Monthly News – August 2023
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