Tag: Caithness

Travel

Frosty Elgin-Inverness-Far north

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A beautiful frosty day.

Elgin Cathedral

At Elgin station there was no sign of the 1236 train to Inverness on the displays and confusingly the ScotRail app showed the train already at Forres. It turns out that the train shuttles back and forth between Elgin and Inverness.

The Inverness train arriving at Elgin from Inverness .
A sunny but frosty day
Arriving at Inverness
The frosty journey continues from Inverness
Frost covered tree at Lairg
Sun has set and the windows are dirty
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Travel

Far North to Didcot via Inverness, Aberdeen and London

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A beautiful day in the far north of Scotland as I set off.

The Flow Country
Snow on some of the hills
Bright and sunny
Frost still on one side of the valley

Arrived in Inverness in the dark- took the train to Aberdeen to catch the sleeper service there as no cabins available on the service from Aberdeen.

Breakfast on the sleeper at Rugby
Arrived to a grey day at Euston
Made it to Paddington just after eight.

Each time I come to London the traffic flows a bit better and the air tastes better. ULEZ doing its job.

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Environment, Travel

Kings Cross to the Far North

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Stayed at the Hub by Premier Inn at Kings Cross. Small but perfectly fine.
The room has a Brompton drawer.
First time of traveling from London to the Far North on daytime trains, starting at Kings Cross.
Passing through Durham.
And Newcastle.
Berwick
Change at Edinburgh. It’s busy.
On my way again.
Murrayfield
Edinburgh tram
Second change in Inverness
Beginning to darken.

A long day on the train. Scheduled times, 4:42 Kings Cross to Edinburgh, 3:35 Edinburgh to Inverness and the final leg 3:51. Distances 631km, 181 km and 130km. Trains getting slower as I travel north.

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