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South Yorkshire stations – Mexborough and Swinton

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It was a fairly grim day up North on Thursday 2nd March as I headed back to South Yorkshire for the first time since January, to visit Mexborough and Swinton. The towns are located midway between Rotherham and Doncaster. The journey to Mexborough station was fairly unremarkable, changing at Derby and Sheffield stations. Mexborough railway…… Continue reading South Yorkshire stations – Mexborough and Swinton

South Yorkshire stations – Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge

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The first train trip of 2023 was to South Yorkshire, and the former mining village of Kiveton Park (the “ive” is pronounced like “river”) in South Yorkshire, nestled in between Worksop and Rotherham. It was a cold but sunny start to the day as I caught the direct train from Burton on Trent to Sheffield,…… Continue reading South Yorkshire stations – Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge

Derbyshire Stations – Grindleford

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On a grey and miserable Monday Morning, 28th February, I set off from Burton on Trent station to tick off a station on my list of railway stations to visit in Derbyshire. Grindleford was my destination, a small village seven miles west of Sheffield. I caught the train from Burton directly to Sheffield, an express…… Continue reading Derbyshire Stations – Grindleford

Travel Review of the Year 2021 – Part One (January to March)

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The year 2021 began the same way that 2020 ended, with a national lockdown due to the surge in virus cases over the winter period. That meant that I couldn’t go anywhere further than Burton on Trent, but that didn’t mean the blog stopped. I had a look back at some bygone travels, and also…… Continue reading Travel Review of the Year 2021 – Part One (January to March)