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I like the tale of a Shetlander filling in some official form or other which required him to state his nearest railway station, so he put "Bergen".
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I can confirm that when I first sought an Oyster refund, the form wanted to know about your nearest tube station - however the refund was meant to be delivered.
It turns out that for Bootle, the answer (as well as my entirely legitimate move now) is Chesham.
Rottingdean (Brighton Seashore Railway) - this has to be seen to be believed! https://tinyurl.com/avhk22
I know that poster well: there's one in a frame on the wall of the spare bedroom in D's sister's house (his b-i-l is a keen railway buff).
Did someone mention silver counters? I've got loads:
West Silvertown
eta: I've just realised I've committed the cardinal sin of Not Checking There's Another Page, but as it's the weekend, I think I might have got away with it.
Which is the interchange for both Beverley and other wonderful places. I was going to suggest going to Beverley Folk Festival which used to happen this next weekend, but it went bust last year. But there are lots of other things to do there.
Ooh, good - a quick overnight stop at the Brown Trout at Watton just up the road. Excellent breakfasts, and perfect for catching the ferry to Orkney. Unfortunately, Orkney doesn't have any railways, so a reverse shunt to Inverness is probably my best bet.
Well, that's a quick route to somewhere that would win me the game, so I'll be nice and head to Elstree and Borehamwood which is easily reached from there (Circle to Farringdon, overground thereafter), where you can be part of the audience of TV shows after following a film trail through the town of Elstree.
There can only be one possible response to that, ever since the Great Northern & City Line was taken into the National Rail System: Coombe Junction Halt.
I know I like Arnside too (I have a photo of the viaduct taken a couple of years ago as one of my background slides), but haven't we been there a few times recently? But if we really want to see viaducts, why not Ribblehead (which viaduct also features in my backgrounds)?
I'm assuming you've taken a wrong turning there, BT, and strayed into another thread - footie, perhaps, or maybe World Cup tiddlywinks?
However, being a very Sensible and Grounded Piglet (with a strangely augmented horde of blue chips), I'll get us back on track (see what I did there?):
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I can confirm that when I first sought an Oyster refund, the form wanted to know about your nearest tube station - however the refund was meant to be delivered.
It turns out that for Bootle, the answer (as well as my entirely legitimate move now) is Chesham.
Shepherds Bush
Did someone mention silver counters? I've got loads:
West Silvertown
eta: I've just realised I've committed the cardinal sin of Not Checking There's Another Page, but as it's the weekend, I think I might have got away with it.
Bexley Heath
Frinton-on-Sea
Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the incontinent
Mind you, your railway trip will be rather short ...
Prestwick International Airport
(the only railway station in Scotland directly connected to an airport0
Carlisle
Gorebridge
Alperton
Carnforth
Arnside
Oktogon (Budapest - just to rub salt into last night's Welsh wounds).
However, being a very Sensible and Grounded Piglet (with a strangely augmented horde of blue chips), I'll get us back on track (see what I did there?):
Chelsea
Seeing we are playing a historic game, Shoreditch.
Brompton Road
Let's avoid any elliptical penalty points by going to Turkey Street.
St John's Wood