Paul Lucas

Interesting move for him to make in the middle of a trial for harassing a woman.

I can't recall a time where the BA cubby holes weren't broken - though I have only flown economy upstairs!

Its a flying day! Off to Abu Dhabi today, but first to Doha on this Qatar Airways A380...upstairs in economy today 😎

It should take about 6h15m to fly down to Doha this pleasant autumn morning.

Hei hei from the Hvalross in Vardø, a fish port on a butterfly-shaped island in the Barents Sea, starting point for the #Schengen200 adventure. Schengen is 40 in 2025 and we’re attempting the longest point-to-point journey within it, by public transport, in about 200 hours. bsky.app/profile/poli...

I recently took the Doğu Express - Turkey’s greatest train, from Ankara to Kars near the Armenian border. One of the world’s great journeys and I cannot wait to edit the video of this special trip!

Azerbaijan at 3am, from 40,000 feet up.

A heavy diesel Engine in red and yellow livery is working the train and waiting for departure at Holyhead station. It's still dark and headlights switched on.

View of the coast and sea through the picture window of the 1st class carriage. Two dark brown leather chairs facing wache other, brown table in-between.

Someone is pouring milk in the cup of tea. All white porcelain.

Picture of the full Welsh breakfast. It'@ 2 glamorgan sausages, half a grilled tomato, slice of black pudding one fried egg, two slices of ham, two hash browns accompanied by 4 slices of toast with butter on another plate. Two cups of tea in the background.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🛤🍽 Good morning everyone👋 from the early-bird Premier Service by #TfW🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 from #Holyhead🇬🇧 to #Cardiff🇬🇧.

🍽 This service is known for its outstanding on-board service at 1st class including a freshly prepared "Full Welsh" breakfast 😍! It comes with an amazing view🌅! Absolutely fantastic 💚!

Apparently United considers its EWR-Greenland route to be a success this summer, as it has already announced the route will return in 2026. Cool.

And yes. There is a cuckstoel.

My first time on one of LNR's new Class 730/2 trains! These are pleasant units with a "secret" never-classified first class area complete with better seating and window blinds.

My local station is so beautiful.

Have you ever thought about going onto YouTube and searching "Putin speaking English" to see he can? Just a thought anyone down the pub could do.

With an LNR 350 in it? Unlikely 😉

I think they have six different types of restaurant car stock too, plenty of variety!

The last leg...

And we are back in London. Just one train to go!

Got a winner here with Queen Mother 》 Neville Chamberlain

What a strange route to see it on!

Third of four trains this afternoon. Eurostar back to London from Brussels! (Thank goodness for the lounge today)

hard to know where to start with this one 😆

Train 2 of 4 - a vastly more pleasant ICE3neo heading to Brussels from Köln!

Incredibly stunted culture. Rawdog your flight but have to verify age to read Bluesky DMs. Laughable.

Absolutely. The neo is so much nicer by comparison!

Grateful for the dining car on board ICE200 this morning.

Egg drop sandwich and a cappuccino to kick-start a long 12 hour travel day by rail. 🇩🇪🚄

Dining cars from czech railways line Ex5 Berliner? Today they are making joy elsewhere - on line Ex1 Silesia/Ostravan. Thanks to it, this great rail catering service is available even where it was not available before, where you couldn't have this great breakfast in years gone by. :-)

Train 1 of 4 today to get me home to Northamptonshire. First up, a natty ICE4 of Deutsche Bahn. These interiors are cheap, plasticky and uncomfortable- and not befitting a train making 3+ hour trips. I'm on today as far as Köln where I will change for something nicer!

Time to head home.

(first leg on public transport which is free for anyone staying in a hotel in Basel!)

Switzerland has a less jaded view of health and safety than many places I guess!

Haven't done Jungfrau yet! Maybe in the spring.

Pleased to see - again - a fully utilised restaurant car on SBB! This is not cheap, but I've had a long day and with a late arrival into Basel this evening I need some dinner.

Switzerland really is a railway enthusiast's playground...if you can afford it (over 20 GBP for what's pictured here!!) 🇨🇭😎