Author: flightsandtimes

National Railway Museum

Back in August we decided to take a trip to York to celebrate my birthday and agreed we’d spend some time looking around the city itself before heading to the National Railway Museum (NRM) for the afternoon. This post is going to look at the NRM itself, however you'll soon be able to read about York itself on Beth’s blog and my review of our journey to York here. The review of our eventful journey home will be coming soon on the blog!

PBO – YRK LNER – 1st Class

After a week of changeable weather, we were unfortunately greeted with grey skies and heavy rain for our trip to York. When planning the trip, I had wanted to ensure we got a full day in this fabulous city, however this did mean a very early alarm to ensure we made LNER’s 0708 departure to Edinburgh. Having managed to get our tickets for just £20 each one way, first class, I was more than happy to put up with the early start!

MAD to LHR Iberia Business

After a wonderful few days in Madrid, it was time to head back to the airport to catch my flight back to the UK. As I’d flown out to Madrid with British Airways, I thought I should try their IAG sister airline and OneWorld partner, Iberia, on the way back. As with my flight out I had planned my travel to take advantage of the one wide-body flight a day and was therefore scheduled to be travelling on a Airbus A340.

Meandering around Madrid…part 2

After brilliant but long day on my first full day in Madrid, I woke slightly later than planned on my second and so moved fairly quickly to ensure I could fit as many adventures as possible into the day. My first stop was the Neptune Fountain that the walking tour had finished near which is also the starting point for the City Tour Madrid sightseeing buses. I had been in two minds as to whether to bother with the bus tours, however after all the walking the previous day I decided to see the city from a seated position!