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A Well-Dressed Quest: May 2014
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Wednesday, 28 May 2014. Apologies in advance for my rubbish hair. I think it is somewhere between Kazakhstan and the Belgian Congo. Or at least, that's what it feels like when you're on a bus full of pensioners. First impressions of Guisborough were surprisingly good. It wasn't nearly as rough as I expected (It is, after all, practically Teesside). T...The o...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: Richard Whiteley (or Can Woodlice Cough?)
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Wednesday, 22 October 2014. Richard Whiteley (or Can Woodlice Cough? But realistically without vehicular assistance I was never going to get to Wetwang on a Sunday otherwise. Being a Sunday, there was activity happening at the new Fimber Halt. Wetwang - blinded by the sun. With the hair of the dog, working it's magic, there was just enough time to call in at...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: Back in the saddle
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Monday, 25 May 2015. Back in the saddle. A bit of revisiting, and some new stuff today, but first a bit of background reasoning. So, feeling somewhat apathetic towards the world of bowls, I requested a day off, using built up lieu time. JP, Mum and I went for a drive. But anyway, bought a fridge magnet, and headed back to the car. Was unsure where to go ...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: Unexpected
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Sunday, 30 November 2014. Apologies to all regular readers - both of you - for the lack of updates recently. This is due to various factors, but mainly a combination of poor weather discouraging me from leaving the house, and the fact my camera is, to all intents and purposes, deceased. Had we accidentally stumbled on the station after all? Is now called Rye...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: August 2014
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Thursday, 28 August 2014. Is it wildly inappropriate to take photos of oneself at railway stations, on the way to a funeral? But it did the job, and got me to Wombwell exactly on time. Wombwell station (formerly Wombwell West) isn't very exciting. It's got a plastic bus shelter waiting room, and a ticket machine, but that's about it. Oh well, at leas...After...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: To Hull and back
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Thursday, 18 September 2014. To Hull and back. Despite the mist yesterday, I utilised one of my new Northern Rail Family and Friends tickets to visit Hull, with the plan of buying some shoes from Primark, checking out a nice pub, and crossing off four stations on the former Victoria Dock branch line. Time has not been kind to the railway heritage of Botanic ...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: Idling in Ryedale
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Thursday, 25 June 2015. Not the best start to the day - due to reasons beyond my control, I missed the train from Scarborough, so had to wait an hour for the next one. However, never one to miss the opportunity, I put this time to good use: smoking heavily on a park bench. I've no idea what BATA actually do.) Oh well. Slingsby was a bit bigger than the other...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: March 2014
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Saturday, 29 March 2014. 5,6,7,8. Whatever happened to Steps? The first post to include an actual train journey! But first - here's a picture of me looking like Mr Potato Head. As can be seen, I still haven't decided what face to pull on the pictures. Filey station: Cleaner than it used to be. Apparently there's some sort of heatwave going on this weekend ac...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: East Coast Mainlining
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Thursday, 18 June 2015. Armed with just a Spiderman teaspoon, and a 1920 cycling map of Harrogate and environs, I boarded my train to York. For once, I was not hungover (only had three pints on Tuesday night, after watching the prehistoric fiasco known as "Jurassic World"), and felt the need for a bit of exercise. I found myself walking along a relatively qu...
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A Well-Dressed Quest: May 2015
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An attempt to visit every station - living or dead - on the big tile map at various North Eastern Railway stations, preferably in a fabulous outfit. Monday, 25 May 2015. Back in the saddle. A bit of revisiting, and some new stuff today, but first a bit of background reasoning. So, feeling somewhat apathetic towards the world of bowls, I requested a day off, using built up lieu time. JP, Mum and I went for a drive. But anyway, bought a fridge magnet, and headed back to the car. Was unsure where to go ...
