Annabel's Travelblog

This was my birthday present from the Swan Whisperer.  We had to get up at silly o'clock to be at Victoria Station for 08:00, when the t...

  The Class 455s are reaching the end of their natural lives, having entered service in the early 1980s, and transported commuters with gre...

What a lovely day! We didn't hurry out of bed, although the Swan Whisperer went for a short run - he has had an injury and this was his ...

So we decided we would do the Northern Belle Christmas special trip, as his Christmas present to me.  Mine to him will be reviewed after Ch...

Yesterday was my 64th birthday, and the Swan Whisperer gave me the present of a Railtour, called the Great Central Lament.  He even splashed...

A few weeks ago, I was looking at railtours, like you do, and found this one , which was not too expensive, involved a Javelin train (okay, ...