Review of 2018 : December

And so the final month of 2018, and amid all of the usual Christmas activities plenty of travels too. A trip to Gerrards Cross began the month followed by Northampton, including the canal and rivers of the county town. Later came a trip to see Bromsgrove's new station.

Just before Christmas was a long walk along the Cromford canal from Cromford to Ambergate. After Christmas was a trip to Nuneaton and then Narborough. That completed 2018's travels, a map of which can be seen here. A new map will be created for 2019 of course.

Song of the month was "Strange in L.A." by Leitbur. That was 2018, tomorrow the new year and new adventures begin.

Narborough

Yesterday I visited Narborough in Leicestershire, a nice little village which ticked the boxes for a decent trip: a station, an old church and a waterway (the river Soar, though its a fairly young river in Narborough). You can see my photos here.

Review of 2018 : November

Another busy month with the North was the focus of much of November's travelling. First I headed up to Wigan and walked some of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The week after was another visit to Merseyside, including the excellent Museum of Liverpool. I also visited Wirral Transport Museum and travelled on a street tram.

Mid-month was a Midlands interlude as I walked some more of the Stratford Canal in Shirley. Finally I headed back up North to Shropshire and RAF Cosford Museum.

Song of the month was "faded memory" by Jessie Frye featuring Timecop1983.

Nuneaton and the changing of focus

Today I went to Nuneaton station to take some railway photographs. Now nothing unusual in that of course but ultimately I felt it was a bit... dull. I think my focus has changed this year and what I want from my trips has too. I want to see stuff that is new and unusual and also see as much as possible in a locality (churches, landmarks et cetera). So I guess that going to a station I've seen before and see trains I've seen before isn't going to cut the mustard anymore? However it was useful to update my images from the station which I will use to update my station blog about Nuneaton at some stage and some of the photos were pretty decent.

Anyway you can see the photos I took here. The station looks nice with it's new LNWR paint.

Review of 2018 : October

October was a month of new places but first of all the familiar, I went to the Severn Valley Railway again to attend the Class 50 gala. Next was a trip to Rickmansworth including the Grand Union Canal.

Highlight of the month was no doubt my first ever trip to Manchester, and what a great city it is too. I visited the science museum, walked the Rochdale Canal, the Bridgewater Canal and also plenty of local rail and trams too. Finally a return to the familiar, Derby station which I hadn't been to for a few months.

Song of the month was "golden age" by Let Em Riot.