Burgh Island Sea Tractor

Burgh Island is connected to Bigbury-on-Sea at low tide by a sandy causeway and, when the incoming tide severs the connection, a Sea Tractor ensures a connection is maintained for hotel guests and the island’s residents.

EXD – PNZ CrossCountry – 1st Class

After a wonderful fun filled day in Exeter, including a whirlwind tour of the city centre, playing board games and enjoying an excellent meal, we headed back to the city’s St. David’s station for our journey back to Penzance.

PNZ – EXD Great Western Railway – 1st Class

Mid-way through our holiday in Cornwall & Devon, we took the opportunity to travel to Exeter by train and sample the first-class products of two different Train Operators, GWR & CrossCountry.

Looe Valley Line – Cornwall & Devon 2019

The Looe Valley Line, which upon leaving the Cornish main line at Liskeard, heads into the Looe Valley and to the town of Looe itself, via four rural and rather remote request stops.

PBO – NRW East Midlands Trains – Standard Class

The main aim for the trip was to experience Greater Anglia’s first-class product on their Norwich to London route (which will feature in a later blog), however it was also the perfect opportunity to review East Midland’s Trains Liverpool to Norwich route beyond Peterborough.

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