Azuma is here!

My arrival onto platform 7 at King’s Cross on the evening on Monday 20th May made what had been an unremarkable Monday into an exciting opportunity to take my first ride on an LNER Azuma

BHM – PBO CrossCountry – Standard Class

One thing I like about Birmingham New Street is that they display platform information well ahead of a train’s departure allowing you to get away from the shopping centre concourse and wait on the correct platform whilst watching the trains to pass the time. Given the timings of my day, and my advanced ticket allowing travel only on the 2025 service, this is exactly what I did and also gave me the opportunity to observe what I can only describe as a “Train Hokey Cokey”!

EUS – BHM Virgin Trains – 1st Class

In early April an evening talk in the centre of Birmingham gave me the perfect opportunity to review one of the UK’s inter-city train operators, Virgin Trains.

An Adventure in Slovenia: Ljubljana Part 2

Picking up from last week’s post, we continued day 2 of our adventures in Ljubljana with lunch, obviously (this family is wholly food-orientated).

An adventure in Slovenia: Ljubljana Part 1

Last April we embarked on an adventure to Slovenia. Spending our time in both the capital city of Ljubljana and the wider country, we got to explore so much of this beautiful little country. Here's the first part of our adventure.

CGN to STN Eurowings Biz Class

After a whirlwind tour of Cologne and an excellent hot dog (read about that here!) I headed back to Cologne airport about 3 hours before my flight. This is generally a bit longer than I’d usually allow myself for a short-haul flight, however on this occasion I had good reason. I was flying Business Class!