Bargain berths get even more elusive

This post has been rather overtaken by events (the full story of which you can read in the comments below). The most up to date situation on the bargain berths can be found on this more recent post. I’m a big fan of the Caledonian Sleeper, which connects Scottish towns and cities with London via…

The Great Olympic Bargain Berth Fiasco

Friday morning was the last cog in the wheel in terms of planning our summer’s European rail adventure: three weeks, seven countries, and eleven trains.  You’ll of course be hearing more about this trip in due course. Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching various European  train operators’ websites like a hawk, waiting for…

The waiting game

Nicole and I are heading off to France in September.  It’ll be a chance to catch up with a few friends we have over there, and while we both really like the country I’ve not seen too much of it and my French could do with some significant practice. We’ve decided we’re going overland, which…