It’s been a while since I visited a new station in Derbyshire, so I ventured up the Hope Valley Line once again on Monday 25th September to visit the village of Hathersage in the Peak District. Hathersage is a pretty little village in the Hope Valley. It has a population of around 1,500 and was…… Continue reading Derbyshire Stations – Hathersage
Month: September 2023
Ilkeston 2023
A recurring theme of the blog this year has been me going back to previously-visited places. Friday 22nd September saw me go back to Ilkeston for the first time since January 2020. Back then, I didn’t stay for too long at places, although I did miss my train home that day and had to wait…… Continue reading Ilkeston 2023
Staffordshire Stations – Stafford
It was a wet and windy day, September 19th 2023, when I took a trip to Stafford. Although I have visited Stafford before, back in 2018 and before the blog was conceived, I wanted to make a return trip and see a bit more of the town. I had a five-minute connection at Tamworth to…… Continue reading Staffordshire Stations – Stafford
South Yorkshire Stations – Thurnscoe
At the tail end of the unseasonable September heatwave of 2023, I travelled to the former coal mining village of Thurnscoe, between Barnsley and Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Although the temperature was not as high as it had been for the previous week, it was still a warm day as I travelled to Sheffield, then…… Continue reading South Yorkshire Stations – Thurnscoe
Smethwick 2023
Back in January 2023, Galton Bridge in Smethwick was the Featured Article of the day on Wikipedia. I added it to my list of places to visit, as Smethwick is not difficult to get to from Burton on Trent. Almost nine months later, I finally got around to visiting it, on Monday 4th September. An…… Continue reading Smethwick 2023
Monthly News – September 2023
It has been a very quiet month on the blog, with 0 trips taken. The reasons were the weather (too warm), my work schedule (too much hard work) and a cancelled train (too bad) which stopped me from heading back to South Yorkshire. Hopefully, September will be better. There are already two trips planned for…… Continue reading Monthly News – September 2023
Martyn's Blog 