Travelling

I've had a great, but tiring, day. I've been to Newcastle. Newcastle itself seems alright, but to be honest I didn't see very much of it, because I was working. Nice bridge though.

Now, without coming over all Jimmy Saville "This is the age of the train", it was the journey I enjoyed. Whereas when I drove to Bristol last week all I really saw was the motorway, going by train means you can look out of the window. Sideways, rather than forwards. And this means you can effectively do a bit of sight-seeing. Today I have seen castles, ruins, Durham Cathedral, York Minster, the crooked spire of Chesterfield, and of course lots of lovely English country side. And actually been able to look at them for longer than a microsecond without having to dodge traffic.

Durham Cathedral looks magnificent, I think that was the highlight. Nice and visible when the train stops at Durham station, all they really need to do is demolish the rest of Durham to really set it off. York Minster is also a fascinating building, albeit one I have seen before, but still pleasant on the eye. The crooked spire? Well, I just think it looks like a wonky church spire and a bit odd to be honest. But nevertheless, still an interesting sight. The Angel of the North, it has to be said, doesn't look terribly impressive from the train, as you don't get an idea of it's scale (I assume from pictures I have seen of it looming over the road up there that it is fairly large.)

And the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle, you get a good view of that from the train as well. I could go on and on and on. But I won't.