After an enjoyable couple of nights in Corrour, followed by a less enjoyable journey south via a combination of train and rail replacement minibus, we were back in Edinburgh ready to start the penultimate leg of our journey home.
The middle of April saw us returning to Scotland for my fifth visit of the year, although this time we were heading to spend a couple of nights at our favourite place. Caledonian Sleeper had taken us to Fort William and a ride back south on Scotrail brought us to our destination. This post is all about why we were Choosing Corrour Again!
The middle of April saw us heading to London ready to begin my fifth trip to Scotland of the year. This one would be starting with an overnight journey onboard on one of the UK’s three sleeper services, Caledonian Sleeper’s ‘Highlander’ to Fort William.
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.
