Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Preview of Coming Attractions

January's so miserable; February's not much better.  It's another New Year and I'm still carrying those extra pounds (/stone) and I'm a year older and I look it.  I needed something to look forward to.  

So I booked myself a little trip.



It's this year's Epic Journey With Little Purpose!  Except, for the first time, there's actually a point to it.  I'm going to have a week of bouncing round the Cumbrian Coast Line in mid-April, enabling me to wipe a swathe of otherwise difficult to collect stations off the map in one go.  A week long orgy of Tarting.  Hopefully there will be a bit of sun and not much flooding otherwise I'll be stuck in a Travelodge in Barrow-in-Furness staring out the window.

I know it's a few months off, but I'm already pretty excited by the prospect.  I have routes to plan, timetables to consult, spreadsheets to fill in.  And it'll make up for the general lack of activity round here.  

Such fun!

3 comments:

Carrie said...

Yay! Let me know when you're up and I shall endeavour to be there at the same time. The Cumbrian Coast Line is one of the joys of my life.

JimmyMac said...

The Travelodge in Barrow is nice enough: I even went back there on another occasion. Enjoy!

Anonymous said...

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