Bolton to Belfast via Stena Line
September 2021 saw me taking a trip across the Irish Sea on Stena Line from Liverpool to Belfast. Stena Line charge £22 for the crossing as foot passenger – book here. I started the...
Category: Trip Reports
Irish Rail Sail
As part of my #AllTheLinesEurope project I planned a trip to Ireland to cover all the railway lines that I hadn’t previously travelled. The Travel Ticket The outbound trip was most cost effective using...
Riga to Tallinn by train
Two charming capital cities with a shared recent history and very different railway systems. Riga is much bigger than Tallinn and has a big city feel about it whereas Tallinn is slightly sleepy, which...
Italy By Night….Salerno to Turin
As some of you may know I am what is known as a “gricer” – someone who looks to travel on all the railway lines possible! The opportunity arose to travel on an unusual...
A New Way East
The first benefits of the Rail Baltica project, the planned link from Finland to Poland through the Baltics, are starting to be introduced. On Friday 17th June 2016 a new passenger service was introduced...
Virgin West Coast First Class Birmingham to London
After spending a pleasant evening in Birmingham, staying at the Hyatt Regency- with a great deal for staying on a Sunday, I needed to travel back to London on the Monday. I had flexibility...
