The Clava viaduct in three photos
A post about the spectacular Clava viaduct on the train line just south from Inverness, and some photos I’ve taken from (and of) it over the years.
The East Coast Highland Chieftain: a review of First Class
All trains south from Inverness are Scotrail and terminate in either Glasgow or Edinburgh. They’re the ones I seem to spend most of my life on and around whose seats my spine has been contorted over the years. All except two, that is, which go to London. One is the Scotrail Caledonian Sleeper, which I’ve…
Munich to Paris
It was approaching the end of our trip, but this particular leg was one I had been especially looking forward to. Any journey between two of Europe’s greatest cities is always going to be an exciting and evocative one, not least when it is a sleeper train. Moreover, this was going to be no ordinary…
Interchange
Montparnasse. My head was slowly adjusting to the French signs and adverts, to the sound of a not quite familiar language, and the value of prices in a currency I didn’t often use. The same hubbub and background noise of any major transport interchange, blurred by the high roof, but in a slightly different accent.…
The Next Stop
I got back this weekend from a six-day journey down the Inverness to Edinburgh train line. I stopped at every station, twenty-three in total, including my start and end points. I tried to spend at least a couple of hours in each place, staying overnight where timetables dictated. It was an interesting chance to see…