On Monday 13th September 2021, I had a ride on some of the Nottingham Express Transit tram network, which stretches from Toton Lane in the south west of Nottingham, up to Hucknall in the north, and also down to Clifton in the south. Like many towns and cities in the United Kingdom, Nottingham had its … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Nottingham Express Transit
The second leg of the WOW (Week Off Work) Tour 2021 occurred on a Saturday morning, 11th September 2021. I took the train to Rolleston and Fiskerton stations in Nottinghamshire, on the line between Crewe and Newark Castle. These were stations number 53 and 54 on the East Midlands Ranger Area challenge. It was an … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Rolleston and Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire
The first journey of the WOW (Week off Work) Tour announced yesterday took me to Sudbury and Draycott-in-the-Clay, two small villages to the North West of Burton on Trent, on the bus route to Uttoxeter. I caught the 402 service from outside the Town Hall in Burton, and stayed on it for around forty minutes … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Sudbury and Draycott-in-the-Clay
If you follow Martyn's Blog on social media (and if you don't, then you can find all the links at linktr.ee/martynsblog), then you will have seen earlier today I announced the upcoming "WOW" Tour. It all starts on Friday 10th September and finishes next Thursday 16th. It was due to start today, but a cancelled … Continue reading WOW (Week Off Work) Tour
It's been a quiet summer here on Martyn's Blog, compared to May and June. There was no real reason for that, other than the fact I don't like to travel in very hot weather, and there has been a bit of that in July and August. As it gets cooler, I will definitely be heading … Continue reading August 2021 Blog Update
It was a warm and sunny summer's day in August 2021, the 23rd to be precise, when I made the long trip to Hinckley in Leicestershire by train. It isn't very far, but I had to take three trains there and three back. The first leg of the journey began at Burton on Trent. The … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Hinckley (featuring Nuneaton)
On a sunny Saturday morning, 14th August 2021, I took an early bus to Branston to have a walk along the pathway which runs by the River Trent. It seems that it is becoming a Saturday morning tradition for me; last week I took an early train to Radcliffe on Trent to walk along a … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Branston Leas
After an absence of nearly six weeks, I went back on the trains again this Saturday morning (7th August 2021) to tick off station number 51 on the East Midlands Ranger Area list, Radcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire. The trip started in the morning, just before 8 o'clock, at Burton on Trent station. I caught … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Radcliffe on Trent
Two new videos have been released recently on the Martyn's Blog YouTube channel. The first is a look back at all 25 swans on last year's Burton Swans art trail, and the other is just over 30 seconds of video that I shot for the blog, but never used for anything. It's not that interesting; … Continue reading New YouTube Videos
I'm having a break from long train journeys for a week or two, but today (July 5th 2021), I took a stroll to somewhere in Burton I had heard of, but never been to before. Between Outwoods Park near the hospital and Reservoir Road, there is a woodland with paths running through it. It is … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Oaks Wood, Burton upon Trent
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