I am back in God's country for a week, seeing family then off to the NY moors, staying at Bell End Farm. Rather unfortunate name.🤔

My lovely beau on a bridge in Middelburg. This place is gorgeous. @chrisf111.bsky.social

Day 1: @janetspog.bsky.social completed our day's travel from the Hoek to Knokke-Heist with inspiration to use the Westschelde ferry from @johnnyhoover.bsky.social

Staying on the 15th floor here at the Union Jack Club. Going to a birthday party today.

Off to London today for a couple of days visiting my husband's relatives. We are going to be on Greater Anglia ❤️. It's quite pleasant here but I bet it's going to be sweltering hot 🥵. With @chrisf111.bsky.social

Busy in the harbour today as @janetspog.bsky.social and I walked towards the station.

A walk across some fields to St John the Baptist Church, Barnby with @janetspog.bsky.social . Sadly the thatch on the roof needs some TLC. I expect that this church will go on the redundancy list before long.

A slightly different view on The Greatest Gathering. Quite an emotional production. @janetspog.bsky.social youtu.be/9K-e5Cr62vg?...

@janetspog.bsky.social and me attending our slot for the Inspiration train. #railway200 The best bit I thought, was talking to Network Rail track and signalling personnel at the end. An aptly named Class 66 on the front.

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Always depressing when we get back from Europe. Pigeons crapping all over HPQ. IPS not inspiring. Waiting 1.5hrs for a train to Lowestoft. 5g unreliable, phone signals patchy. The UK really is a 3rd world country! @jessasatomp.bsky.social @janetspog.bsky.social

Namur. A delightful modern station equipped with a bus station above. Interconnected transport! Every train we used returning from Switzerland (5 countries) was under wires. Seems to be too difficult and expensive in the UK. @janetspog.bsky.social

Namur was a nice place. Gorgeous station building.

The train connections were all good so we arrived in Namur around 14:30.

Strasbourg 34c - a tram ride to the cathedral and a look around some of the buildings. Back to the hotel on a tram and a quick drink in the bar. Namur via Metz and Luxembourg today. @janetspog.bsky.social

We left Strasbourg on time. Metz on time and picked up a sneaky connection to Luxembourg. Now awaiting departure for Arlon and a connection from there to Namur. Hope to arrive before temperature reaches 37c. @janetspog.bsky.social

Today is my birthday. Sad to be leaving Switzerland but it was good to see the scenery as we travelled into France.

Travelling from Spiez to Basel. First Class and it shows with a conference area also desks so the boss knows you are working. Last but not least, the birthday girl enjoying a view of Thunersee as we head past. @janetspog.bsky.social

First class on SNCF; a bit like sitting in a plush cinema 🤔 @janetspog.bsky.social

Exploring Château D'oex by the Golden Pass With @chrisf111.bsky.social

I think this beats the East Suffolk line 🤔 @janetspog.bsky.social

Some gradients on this line out of Gstaad towards Zweisimmen. @janetspog.bsky.social

Golden Pass train to Rougemont. We walked for a while then explored the village before taking the Belle Époque train back to Saanen. With @chrisf111.bsky.social

The market square in Saanen. A very interesting day walking around with @janetspog.bsky.social This is the village and area where my 5th great grandfather and his forbears lived.

Armchair comfort for @janetspog.bsky.social on the Belle Epoch Express.

We took the train to Zweisimmen, back on the Panorama express to Spiez then on another line to Frutigen and back to Thun. Wonderful mountain scenery and cooler!! 🌞😎

It appears that this will be our train on Wednesday 😃😎 www.mob.ch/en/stories/b...

Train to Spiez then Wimmis, a gorgeous little village higher up. I think a red kite was above the station. We returned to Spiez in a thunderstorm ⛈️ with @chrisf111.bsky.social

In our carriage this morning there were two luggage racks this size. The train we traveled back from Spiez this afternoon was a double decker bound for Zurich. It was rammed!! People and huge piles of luggage everywhere 😯

We spent a great morning in and around Thun using the city pass so free buses.

We walked into Thun this morning along the lakeside. Great views, no doubt @janetspog.bsky.social will post some pics from other adventures this morning.

Arrived in Thun with @chrisf111.bsky.social. The train was 2 minutes late!

Our TGV leaves Mullhouse. A sprinter to Basel from here. @janetspog.bsky.social

The Revenue Enforcement lady just chucked someone out from our coach.

Travelled first class this morning on a TGV from Luxembourg to Basel, Switzerland.

We arrived in Switzerland,❤️

A walk around Luxembourg Gare with @janetspog.bsky.social while waiting for our TGV. Two lovely roundhouses preserved.

Train delayed at Beccles due to someone vaping in the loo. 🤬 Now on board for the crossing tonight. @janetspog.bsky.social

We caught an early tram by the skin of our teeth at the Hoek this morning. Hence an hour ahead on our train schedule. We have just stopped at Liege for an hour to have lunch. Back on our original schedule to Luxembourg at 13:07. @janetspog.bsky.social

The town is getting ready for the free First Light Festival on the solstice. Sadly this year we will not be here.

Where we are staying.

The Admiralty museum. A very interesting story of a lifelong collection being gifted to this museum owner by an Admiral.

Pouldreuzig with @chrisf111.bsky.social

A great find. A very interesting museum and great scenic walk along the coast at Pouldreuzig. With @chrisf111.bsky.social

A ruin restored by local people over the last 35 years. Chapelle Saint Honoré.

Ten minutes north of here, the point and port at Porscav.

The first place we are staying,Lampaul Pluarzel in Finistère.

A cracking day for a walk along the promenade. Warm enough for some beach time too. @janetspog.bsky.social Costa del Lowestoft