That’s us just done another part of the Grand Union Canal. This time, we walked from Blisworth to Long Buckby. A distance of 14.26 miles.
The route we took can be found over at www.strava.com/activities/2273017671
Here are some photos from day 11 of our Grand Union Canal walk.
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/grand-union-canal/
I can now tick off, Long Buckby railway station.
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/long-buckby/
I can now tick off, Northampton railway station.
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/northampton/
That’s me now done 30% of #walk1000miles. So 304.84 miles down and only 695.16 miles left to go!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
That’s me completed another Strava challenge. This time the “Veloforte 120km Spring Shakeout“.
Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!
Race Across the World (BBC 2/HD | 6:30pm to 7:30pm | Saturday 6th April 2019)
The four remaining teams travel through Cambodia and Vietnam. Darron and Alex are 24 hours ahead of the others, and take a detour into the jungle to work with elephants.
Race Across the World (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 7th April 2019)
The teams face the final leg of their journey, travelling 1500 miles down the Malaysian Peninsula. However, seven weeks on the road is starting to take its toll.
Off the Tracks: Inside Central Station (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 7th April 2019)
Music festival goers descend on Glasgow, a street art mystery is revealed, and the oldest and youngest train cleaners on the station set to work.
World’s Busiest Train Stations (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 8th April 2019)
Documentary series exploring some of the busiest transport hubs in the world. In New York, Grand Central Terminal sees more than one million people per week use its platforms and cross its art deco terminus. Penn Station, on the west side of Manhattan, is the busiest terminal in the western hemisphere.
Devon and Cornwall (more4 | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 8th April 2019)
In Devon, the Alfords are one of the last farming families to tend Dartmoor’s wild ponies. Demand for the ponies is on the wane, and they must rely on other livestock for their living and nervously await the TB testing of their cattle. On the north Jurassic coast, local adventurers Mark Bullock and George Malkin take on the famous spectacular climb of Black Church Rock. In Cornwall, surfing pioneer Gwyn Haslock gives a tour while preparing for the World Belly Board Championships. Further west, in Poldark country, former miner Les Rowe makes a poignant return to the colliery where he laboured years ago, bringing the Cape Cornwall singers to Geevor to celebrate their shared Cornish heritage in song.
Grand Designs (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 11th April 2019)
In Bicester, Oxfordshire, Kevin McCloud follows 10 households as they embark on an epic five-year mission to construct their own homes and create a brand-new street as part of Britain’s biggest self-build project. In this episode, two young couples – Jack and Hannah, and James and Shannon – who are priced out of the local housing market, hope to get on the property ladder by building their own homes. Jack goes scavenging for raw materials and builds much of his house with his own labour. James and Shannon are making a barn-house home in a project that pushes their relationship to breaking point.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
I’ve just updated the map, of all the railway stations, I’ve visited in the UK! Now if you tick, on the layers icon (top right in map) and choose “Thunderforest.TransportDark” it will show all the railway lines in yellow.
P.S. This map does, also include stations on heritage lines and also stations, I’ve checked out while driving to places!
That’s me now visited 100 of the railway stations in the UK! I’ve still got a long, long way to go! Since they are 2,560 of them, at my last check!
Full list of the ones, I’ve visited so far can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/railway-stations/.
Here are my favourite 5 so far…
# 1 – Corrour
# 2 – Duncraig
# 3 – Glasgow Central
# 4 – Kyle of Lochalsh
# 5 – North Queensferry
So what are your favourite railway stations in the UK, or why not even in the world?
The desktop departure board turned up this morning! Go to say, that I am super pleased with it!
Was so easy to set-up, sure that even non tech people could do to! Just had a edit a file, to get speaking to my Wi-Fi and that was just about it!
Right, now I am got it showing my local railway station, which is of course Grantham. But you can choose any railway station in the UK. It can also show, live bus times (I checked, it even found my local stop) and of course it shows tube info also!
Who knows, maybe one day, it will also show Glasgow subway info…
Thinking of getting one for yourself? Then head over to ukdepartureboards.co.uk. You will need to be quick, they are selling out fast! And he’s not due to get back more back in stock, till November!
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