Rivington on the West Pennine Moors is an area I like to visit ( I direct you to previous blog posts for evidence of this ) . It’s criss crossed by a spidery web of twisting roads and lanes that attract riders of the motorized and unmotorized variety. Weekends are popular for these meet ups, the Top Barn especially, a three B’s kind of thing, a Bike, a Burger and […]
So you’re traveling to meet up with a friend in Liverpool, so you check the train times and make your plans. But when you get to the station the train you wanted has mysteriously vanished off the arrivals. The next one is in 45mins. It’s cold so do you A. Wait freezing on the station? Or B. Go somewhere warm and have a coffee? Guess which one I picked……… I […]
I finished off my day with a walk along the Promenade. Even on a “brisk”March evening with a cold, lazy wind that cut through you rather than go around Blackpool’s perpetual party atmosphere was already bubbling. I was traveling back from Blackpool South railway station, a half forgotten fragment tucked away at the bottom of Waterloo Street, not as upmarket as the North station but it’s single platform is a […]
Leaving the market I headed out to the promenade. The sun was glorious with only the shadows hiding a cool edge to the day. That said people were out and about enjoying the first bursts of almost spring warmth, throwing off the shackles of a winter that is in danger of overstaying it’s welcome.
The sun is high in the sky today so I’m off out and about to make the most of it before that fickle mistress, the British weather changes it’s mind and flounces off under a rain cloud. It’s market day at Fleetwood, think I’ll head off there.
Today’s journey involves a change of train at Shrewsbury. Any regular readers of these daft ramblings will know that I have a real affection for the town, think another trip will have to be organized. Anyway, the change over was a relaxed one, plenty time to get sorted, no mad dashing from one end of the station to the other. I took a walk around the platform, seeing what if […]
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