Following a couple of days based in Newcastle to complete some more Exploring the East Coast, I had decided to make my way back south by a slightly more unusual method. As such I headed from the Tyne to the Wear and to Sunderland station to begin my journey to London with Grand Central.
Back in March I based myself in Newcastle for a couple of nights to complete some more stations for Exploring the East Coast, leading to both episode 12 and this one (episode 13). You can also check out the videos for both on my YouTube channel. The key feature of both episodes was poorly timed and infrequent trains, so its only right that this one started with an 0557 departure from Newcastle.
At the end of March I jumped onboard an LNER service to head north and spend a couple of nights in Newcastle. As much as I love Newcastle, my stay was not to enjoy the city itself but to travel on some horrendously timed trains and explore some more the of the East Coast. Six stations were ticked off over the course of the trip, but this episode of Exploring the East Coast covers three of them: Alnmouth, Acklington and Widdrington.
Having already had plenty of trips with LNER up and down the East Coast Mainline (ECML), I decided it was time for another as I headed to Newcastle for a couple of nights to explore some more of the East Coast. Thanks to a discount (more on that later) I was travelling in first once again and was hoping to try out the ‘Dish’ menu that I keep missing out on.
As you may have seen on my social media, I’ve made six visits to Scotland in the first four months of 2023 for a mix of work and leisure. Back at the end of February I was north of the border for work but had some spare time one morning and so decided to do a quick trip over south side of the Firth of Forth to do an Exploring the East Coast.
Having enjoyed a weekend in Glasgow, including a day exploring the railways around the city, we had made our way back over in Edinburgh ready for our journey back south with LNER in first class.
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