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#WindowWednesday
Stuart Boyd • Mar 11, 2020
The story behind my favourite #WindowWednesday photo's.
Window Wednesday – A weekly feature that I do on my twitter page. When I’m out travelling on the trains, I travel through some of the most beautiful scenery that Britain has to offer. I felt that for this week’s Window Wednesday I would share some of my personal favourites to date.
The 'Ouch' my head hurts edition:
Photo taken during my commute to work. It was taken on a May bank holiday Monday. It’s a safe bet that the gentleman in the photo had drank a bit too much alcohol the night before. Scenes like this are quite frequent on the West Coast Mainline on a Sunday morning or as in this case, a Bank Holiday Monday morning.
Photo Location:
Between Oxenholme & Penrith, just as we were heading down from Shap summit.
Date Taken:
Monday 27th May 2019
The new to old process:
On a day trip to York with @JackAllStations we noticed there was an Azuma in the station that was getting readied for it’s next service. After asking the onboard staff we were allowed to take a walk through the train we headed down and had a look, neither of us had been on an Azuma before so was nice to see what it was about. While testing the leg room I noticed this awesome chance for a Window Photo.
Photo Location:
York station.
Date Taken:
Saturday 1st February 2020
Two Little Monkeys Adventure:
A journey I do very often is from Ulverston to Millom. My two daughters live in Millom. On the occasion in the photo I was travelling with them back to Ulverston where we were off to watch the Greatest Showman Sing-a-long New Years Eve party at the Roxy Cinema.
My two girls love travelling on train with me, as nearly every journey starts with a visit to Tesco for some snacks on the journey. Don't worry, I've got them well trained, they always use the bins.
Photo Location:
Between Green Road and Millom on the Cumbrian Coastline.
Date Taken:
Saturday 31st December 2019
Pilning's Great Escape
A chance meeting with Gareth (@ManvsTrain) & Dan (@DsTrains). I was on the way back from visiting Honeybourne station I got a message from Dan asking if I was about Worcester. As it happened I was heading back into Worcester at that very moment. On my arrival into Worcester Shrub Hill i met up with Dan & Gareth who were also heading on the same train as me.
Was great to catch up with them, and one to never turn down a chance of a unique window photo. Amazed to see a East Midlands Railways 153 in the West Midlands Railways yard they decided to get some snaps... Little did they know I was taking a snap of my own.
Photo Location:
Tunnel Junction near Worcester Shrub Hill
Date Taken:
Saturday 2nd November 2019
A Drivers Eye View - GWR Style
The GWR HST Farewell trip from London Paddington to Taunton. What an evening. Met Sir Kenneth Grange on the journey, collected some souvenirs to remember the evening by. It was a fitting end to HST services on London to Southwest services.
The fantastic evening was rounded off with a chance to stand in the front cab and chat to the staff. Although not my best taken window photo, it is without doubt my most memorable one.
Photo Location:
Taunton Station
Date Taken:
Saturday 18th May 2019
The New Station.
So with the December 2019 timetable change we saw the opening of two new stations (it should of been 3, but we all know how Worcestershire Parkway went) Anyway, i decided I was going to visit all the new stations in one day. Starting bright and early at Warrington West I then headed north to Scotland and to Robroyston.
Photo Location:
Robroyston Station
Date Taken:
Sunday 15th December 2019
The Disused Viaduct
A route I do often for work. A journey I never ever get bored off. The scenery is amazing. This viaduct is possibly one of the best parts of the journey. Lowgill Viaduct was the start of the Ingleton Branch Line. I have recently visited the viaduct and will be sharing more information in a blog about it.
Photo Location:
Lowgill Viaduct.
Date Taken:
Thursday 2nd January 2020
The photo bombing friends
Had arranged a day trip to Cheshire with my good mate Paul (@Trainstationsuk). We started our day in Manchester on the Denton & Reddish south ghost train. We then knew that our other good mate Dave (@KiteWithRoseton) was heading to Manchester Airport through Piccadilly. So we decided to join him.
This photo is high on the list of favourites. Because it's with good friends, all laughing and enjoying our travels.
Photo Location:
Near Manchester Airport.
Date Taken:
Saturday 18th January 2020
Harbour Sunset
This was a photo that I knew I was going to be able to get before I boarded the train. Having just completed the walk from Lymington Town to Lymington Pier I saw this view from the road. Boarding the train I looked for the perfect location. This was an area I have never been to before, I was very surprised at how beautiful it was.
Photo Location:
Lymington Harbour
Date Taken:
Friday 6th January 2019
Doesn't always go to plan
You'll have to trust me when I say that behind those trees is a fantastic sunset...
Not all photo's go to plan. Actually more often than not they don't go to plan. I normally take anywhere from 10 photos per journey. Usually only one makes the cut for Twitter. My other half first saw this and all she said "was that's the most concentration I've ever seen in your face"... Cheers for that lol.
Some more window shots...
Kildale station is located on the very scenic Esk Valley Line that runs from Middlesborough to Whitby. From the June 2024 timetable change the station will see 8 trains per day, 4 in each direction! Although this is a limited service it does give you the opportunity to do some exploring of the area.
I set of on a walk with my sisters dog and headed for the disused canal from Kendal. I followed along disused canal to the village of Natland. I then swapped the disused canal for the river. After following the riverside path, I came across a footbridge that I had planned to use, annoyingly it was closed! Annoyingly I was planning to use this footbridge, due to this there was a lenghty diversion. Thankfully the diversion wasn't a total waste of time, I was able to walk through the beautiful Sizergh Castle and then head back up to my original route plan and headed to Helsington church and view point. After spending a little time chatting with my Dad (who's ashs was scattered there) me and Bailey then headed up to Scout Scar before setting of back down towards Kendal. Upon reaching the River Kent I decided that my feet was still feeling good and I headed back along the river to Hawes Bridge. I then headed up into the village of Natland and then up to Oxenholme where my walk came to an end!
A blog about the new Northumberland Line that is scheduled to start opening in the Summer of 2024.
This walk was a tail of two halves! The day started with walking through Reading suburbs and then through the city centre. Things mid morning took a positive turn as we headed to the The Kennet and Avon Canal which I then followed for the remaineder of the day. Only hopping away from the canal to go on to station platforms. A very enjoyable walk, even in the scorching heat! Stations visted today was: Reading, Reading West, Theale, Aldermaston & ended the day at Midgham. By walking between Aldermaston and Midgham I actually have managed to get a station ahead on my plan which can only be a good thing as I head down to the more difficult reagions of Somerset & Devon next week. Until tomorrow :)
Todays walk was a little bit of a tough one, mainly due to the excessive heat which is only going to get worse as the week goes on. Thinking there will be some early starts coming up to try and miss the worst of the heat! Today was a mixture of roads and walks across fields. Discovered there is some beautiful countryside between Maidenhead and Twyford. I strongly encourage you to take this walk! Stations visited today: Burnham, Taplow, Maidenhead and ended at Twyford. Was great to have Nick Badley along with me today. Make sure to check out and subscribe to his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@NickBadley . After the walk myself and Nick headed to Windsor where we met up with Coastway Will and had a Nandos dinner where the unlimited refils was very much used again and again! Until tomorrow :)
Todays walk saw me starting at Southall and heading straight to The Grand Union Canal. We followed this for most of the walk today. Stations called at today was: Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Iver, Langley before finishing the walk at Slough. Was great to have pals Jack and Dave with me today. Laughed for the most part, especially when we got the wrong place for the London/Buckinghamshire borders. That video on twitter got filmed twice lol. Massive thank you to everyone supporting the event via donations to either/both: Donate to Samaritans: https://justgiving.com/page/greatwesternwalk Support me with the challenge: https://www.gofundme.com/f/GreatWesternWalk My photos from today are below. Daves photos from today can be found here on his Flickr photostream: https://flic.kr/ps/3ppCTV Until tomorrow :)
The first day of the walk from London Paddington to Southall saw me call at Acton Mainline, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing & Hanwell. On the way we saw unexpected viaducts, fancy McDonalds, pretty gardens & nice market squares. Today I was joined by a couple of friends who can be found online at the following places, Please do check their accounts out. Jack All Station: twitter.com/JackAllStations Midland London: youtube.com/@MidlandLondon Below is a selection of photos from today.
Walk around Windermere:
All photos © Every Last Station. Reuse only by permission.
On 31st July at just before 5am Thanet Parkway became Britain's newest station in Great Britain (at the time) and is the first station to open in Kent since Ebbsfleet International opening in 2007. As you approach the station you are greeted with what looks like a lovely and well designed station. The car park complete with 293 spaces which includes 16 spaces for Blue Badge holders and a number of charge points for electric vehicle charging. BUT, here is the stations first of several oversights: none of the vehicle charge points are in one of the 16 Blue Badge spaces and the charging bays don't have enough space for those with limited mobility to get in and out of their cars. As we approach the station from the car park the actual station looks rather impressive. The brick work along with the stylish mettle mesh on the stair case and lift shaft really makes it look the part. There is also some raised flower beds which add to the overall positive experience of the station .