The steam train hauled by steam loco Tornado, which left Appleby station on the Settle-Carlisle line for Skipton on Tuesday morning, Feb 14th 2017, was a significant piece of transport history because it is a scheduled service, run by a railway company – Northern – not an enthusiasts’ special. Tornado hauled 12 regular Northern services on the Settle-Carlisle… Continue reading
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LuggageHero bag and case drop service in Copenhagen liberates visitors
Update – March 7th, 2018. LuggageHero moves into London and New York. LuggageHero is a brilliantly simple, and disruptive, travel idea. And easily the best I have seen, so far, this year (2018). It’s something I’ve done many times. Turned up in a city or town and I can’t check into the hotel. Nowhere to leave my… Continue reading →
Go-ahead for controversial Stonehenge road tunnel
Update – February 12th, 2018. Letter to the Guardian today. You highlight (Stonehenge tunnel: plans for £1.6bn scheme published, 8 February) Highways England’s misguided belief that the scheme will restore a sense of beauty and tranquillity to the ancient landscape around Stonehenge. Despite the small changes made to the scheme, it will still cause irrevocable damage to a… Continue reading →
Daniel Day-Lewis seen filming in Whitby, jet-black town of Dracula
Daniel Day-Lewis has been seen (early 2017) in Whitby, where he is believed to be making his first film since Lincoln in 2012.It seem, too, that he has been reunited with There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson. Some insiders think the film will be set in the London (or New York) fashion world of the 1950s…. Continue reading →
Ironbridge – the journey to fire and fury, and back again
The industrial age, the time of metal and machines and global manufacturing, began 250 years ago in a deep and tranquil river valley in Shropshire. The fire, smoke and din are long gone, but the world-leading legacy survives on the banks of the Severn. It was a time for making heavy and powerful things, but… Continue reading →
The Garden Route – the majestic drive at the foot of Africa
At the foot of South Africa is a spectacular 150 mile journey through the narrow band of land between the Indian Ocean and the mountains. Travellers are seduced by a floral paradise, sands that are wide and white, the double majesty of elephants on land and whales close to the shore, a world record bungee… Continue reading →