Sorry I’m late with this post everyone, haven’t been feeling up to blogging much of late, anyway, here it is!
I set off on Friday morning to our local train station to catch the 10.58 to Leeds. Kerri had been despatched to respite the day before, complete with huge hefty case. Train arrived dead on time, and I landed in Leeds station with just under half an hour to wait for the Cross Country train to Glasgow Central. I spent the waiting time taking a shot of a Battle of Britain train stood at the opposite platform.
Our train arrived right on time, and after spending a lot of energy pelting down the platform in the wrong direction looking for coach F, I finally boarded, stashed my suitcase in the rack and settled down into my reserved seat. Lot’s of lovely leg room to stretch my legs, and no one sat beside me! Yippee!
For my lunch on the train I had taken a McDonalds Chicken Caesar salad and I could also plug my phone into the provided socket and enjoy the free Cross Country wi-fi all the way to Glasgow! How’s that for travelling in style? The journey up the east coast mainline is always enjoyable, especially when you begin to travel alongside the sea. I was lucky that I was sitting on the side next to the coast, and managed (though at the speed we were travelling it wasn’t easy!) to get some shots as we flew past which I’m including below as part of a photo album.
We absolutely seemed to fly all the way up to Glasgow, changing crew along the way. This is necessary because this train has journeyed all the way from Plymouth, and its quite a journey! We arrived in Glasgow Central early and my eldest son and his family were waiting on the platform. It was a tearful reunion for me, I knew it would be! I haven’t seen my two grandchildren for two years in the flesh, and they had both grown so much and are both far taller than me.
My eldest informed me that they had had to park the car some distance away from the station as a fish and chip shop outside had burned down, so there was no access for cars at that time as the fire brigade had closed off all the street. There had also been a big water leak nearby as well, so it was a bit chaotic to say the least.
We all had lot’s to talk about and before I knew it, I was being greeted at the door by Sandi the dog and all the cats! A welcome cup of tea, then we set off to the supermarket so that I could buy some bits and pieces in, such as my gluten free bread and cereals etc, then we all spent the night watching Prometheus on Blue Ray which I had taken there with me so that they could watch it.
Tomorrow, they planned to take me to the Kelvingrove Art Museum, so I was really looking forward to that!
TG
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What an emotional and strenuous journey for you, TG. The Battle of Britain train looks amazing. I hope the rest of your stay went smoothly. Thanks for taking the time to post. Take care. Pen.
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ReplyDeleteI hope that you enjoy your trip to Glasgow. It was good to see the grey North Sea en route.
Looks like it was a wonderful train ride. I do hope you are feeling better by now. I always wanted to be able to just sit back and just watch the scenes as they go by on a train.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved a long train journey.
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