Bye bye Rotterdam, see you again in 2026.

Zutphen. Quick change onto Blauwnet over to Hengelo.

Winterswijk. Onto Zutphen.

Tiel. Cross platform interchange for local services to Elst, the Sprinter i got off on the right, returns to Leiden.

Geldermalsen. Qbuzz drops me off for a local NS sprinter to Tiel.

Good morning from Rotterdam. Lets explore.

Your lamb sir, served with carrots and broccoli, along with a cheese and pumpkin accompaniment, beetroot and pepper paste, and an apricot tart. Thank you Eurostar, premier class is well worth the extra, just for the personalised welcome and service.

Eurostar, premier class, treating myself.

After a spur of the moment trip to Peterborough for a couple of hours and a Stamford stop off, arrived back in Leicester off 1N51, with smartly presented 170103 off to Birmingham.

Hey Leicester!

222013 takes me to Leicester on 1F45

Good morning from Frankfurt.

555023 and 555026 at St Margrethen awaiting passage to the UK.

Sirnach, near Winterthur. Towards Austria we go!

Basel SBB, to Zurich on IR36

Good morning, from Frankfurt Hbf.

Time for a Swiss escape.

Good morning from Antwerp. Lets explore. In the rain.

Antwerp Central.

De Panne to Knokke via Coast Tram

Waiter in hotel says I've bulked out. That was BEFORE I scoffed this ensemble.

Morning from Peterborough. 1Z50 on UK Railtours Brick & Tile charter to Cleethorpes and Barton on Humber.

Passing by on the Schwebebahn at Oberbarmen.

Over the Hohenzollernbrücke into Köln.

I guess another international trip wont hurt. We're bound for Cologne.

Cheerio Whitley Bay.

Good morning Whitley Bay. No sunrise today.

Impressive up close. Angel of the North statue.

Good morning, Whitley Bay.

Newcastle upon Tyne

Platform 1 for the Weekend adventure, to Newcastle.

Back at Penrith in time for 5Q36. 37884 takes 769456 back to Allerton

Morning from Milton Keynes. Its time for a northbound run to Penrith.

Special guests 43200 and 43159 on Retro Railtours special from Great Yarmouth to Wakefield Kirkgate and 950001 tries its best to blemish itself sat in the sidings.

Eastern explore, Norwich, Reedham, Lowestoft, Ipswich, Ely, Norwich, Sheringham.

Middletons Steakhouse, Norwich.

Eastern region explore coming up.

On the Eurostar back to London, little diversion via Enghein as the high speed line out of Brussels has engineering works taking place.

Guten morgen aus Frankfurt Main Hbf. ICE18 to Brussel Zuid awaits.

Cheerio Basel and Switzerland. See you again.soon.

St Gingolph.

Montreux

Morning. Before departing Switzerland, a quick explore. IC6 to Olten to begin.

Back in Basel, time for noms and tramwatching.

Last part of the journey, IR37 to Basel.

The SudOstBahn trains the run on the Panoramastrecke have an onboard bistro. The only problem is those that take the piss and help themselves to virtually all the sugar sachets milk pots.

Bellinzona. Now to head to Zurich via the Panoramastrecke on IR46

Stoosbahn descends....

Stoosbahn!

Good morning Basel.