Rail Rover Day 2

My day began at Birmingham New Street. The above is Voyager and formed the 9.30 to London Euston. There is only one First Class coach and it was already heavily booked. I had to have a backward facing seat. For some reason I sometimes get a little nauseous with those seats. This time I was fine. It was an uneventful journey. I then went to London Kings Cross.

Ar Kings Cross I boarded the 12noon service to Inverness, I was getting off at Edinburgh. I had the end seat in the last coach, next to the trailing power car. It proved to be a bumpy ride!. At one point my cup of tea jumped, spilt its contents and just missed my rail ticket. Although there were a couple of slow bits, I think we caught up with the train in front of. it was a fast journey. Once we left Newcastle, First Class was half empty. Below are a couple of photos of the journey taken from the carriage.

First a general photo of the HST speeding through the flat East Anglian Country side

Next is Durham Cathedral

Crossing the river Tweed at Berwick

Finally, the HST I was on