Every Last Station

An Avanti train tilting on a bend just south of Penrith

Another week is underway…

2025 seems to be zooming by! Scary to think it’s now only 79 days until Christmas 🤯🎄

Pringles are ok to be honest. As long as not the salt & vinegar. They awful

yh they can be found down south... But not like in every shop like they are up here. In my experience places like B&M sell them in the south, but finding them in corner shops or supermarkets is rare.

Couple of places compared to everywhere is very different.

Especially in Oxfordshire yh?

Screenshot of the homepage of bustimes . org

Screenshot of a bus timetable on bustimes . org

A map showing bus journeys on busmiles.uk

A bus image showing data from journeys logged on busmiles.uk

Shout out to the two websites that made #LEJOGbyBus so easy to plan & log:

bustimes.org - every single bus timetable in the UK & Ireland in one place! Also includes live tracking!

busmiles.uk - log journeys for mileage, maps, service info & more!

Was on Kendal town service today which has only had a Sunday service for a couple of years. Started off slow passenger number wise. But of late it is becoming very well used which is rather good as people in Kendal are well aware of the 'use it or loose it' phrase!

It’s worth noting the staff was brilliant today! Doing everything they could to get passengers on the move.

Special mention to the staff on board the 1240 Avanti West Coast service from GLC to OXN who was great with announcements and trying to get as many bums on seats as poss!

An Avanti West Coast Pendolino at platform 1 of Glasgow central

Today I travelled home from Glasgow. #StormAmy indeed made this a bit challenging to say the least!

I was thinking: Should the rail industry be more resilient to weather related issues now?

Obviously safety is key, but is there a way to be safe, but keep the trains running?

Lovely!

Calstock viaduct with a class 150 train travelling over it. A reflection of the viaduct and train can be seen in the river

Possibly the most forgotten viaduct in England…

Calstock viaduct is amazing and definitely worth a visit!

This weekend I met up with @everylaststation.bsky.social and @jacktravels.co.uk in Cumbria and firstly we visited Wetheral Caves

Wetheral viaduct with a northern 156 on it

Went for a walk yesterday with some friends around Wetheral. Didn’t really take many photos as was just having a laugh with friends.

Definitely made the time to take a photo of the Wetheral viaduct. Even if the sun position wasn’t allowing the best light for the shot!

Massive thanks to @geofftech.bsky.social for designing this epic map of the journey! Definitly going to be getting one of these printed for my home!

Map to the right with the following words to the left: Lands End to John O’Groats BY BUS! 63 BUSES over 11 DAYS Over 66 hours on buses 1,588 MILES £235.70

double decker bus to the left and the following words to the right: Mileage 1,588 miles over 11 days Daily Average 144.36 miles Longest journey: Inverness Bus Station – Durness, Post Office (126.59 miles)

bus outside Whitby train station witht he following words above: Duration Total travel time: 66 hours 33 minutes Daily average travel time: 6 hours 3 minutes Journey average travel time: 1 hour 3 minutes

a mini bus to the right with the following words above: Duration Total travel time: 66 hours 33 minutes Daily average travel time: 6 hours 3 minutes Journey average travel time: 1 hour 3 minutes

Here are a few stats from #LEJOGbyBus

Safe to say it cost a fair bit, but when you break down average costs it was definitly better than I expected!

As for the miles... It felt alot more! Especially on the Arriva buses in the Northampton area 😂

A northern 158 x 2 on the Ribblehead viaduct

Ah it’s a new week… Hope everyone has a good one!

Yes, I know I’ve not shared #LEJOGbyBus data yet… it’s on its way soon!

Already got commitments that day I’m afraid

A stagecoach double decker on a country lane

Happy weekend everyone!

Apologies for not yet sharing stats from #LEJOGbyBus. Since getting home work has been non stop. Hope to get it all sorted this weekend and shared early next week!

Have a good weekend everyone 👍

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Johnny to the left and Mark to the right with me in the centre by the John O’Groats

I’m now back home after a rather bonkers trip that took me the length and breadth of Britain!

Many thanks to Johnny & Mark who throughout the trip kept me sane and was great company!

Hope everyone enjoy this trip… I sure did!

Stats to follow over next few days!

#LEJOGbyBus

The network rail yellow HST at Edinburgh Waverley

While awaiting my Avanti train back to Cumbria the flying banana pulled into Edinburgh Haymarket…

Looks like it’s had a lick of paint recently. Looking very yellow!

An LNER Azuma at the buffers in Aberdeen station. In the other platform is a ScotRail hst

It’s time to head home! Edinburgh bound on this LNER Azuma.

Just realised how much more photogenic an Azuma is over the HST!

Wish you was here…

A ScotRail 158 at Aberdeen station

Today comes to end in Aberdeen where me & Mark are overnighting before heading back to England tomorrow!

A ScotRail 158 at the perform at Inverness

Trains are such an underrated form of public transport!

After 11 of nothing but buses… it’s great to be back on a train heading for Aberdeen!

Train 😂

Did Cornwall in a day 🤷‍♂️

Me, mark & Johnny on Thurso beach

Me, mark in hotel lounge with drinks

This evening many drinks have been consumed in Thurso… kept the biggest pub crawl by bus going a bit longer 🍻

Great to have Mark back with us for the finale 🙂

Me at the sign for John O’Groats

A coach at John O’Groats

Lands End to John O’Groats by bus ✅

11 days
63 buses
1614.40 miles
One epic journey

#LEJOGbyBus

A coach arriving into Thurso bus stop

The interior of a coach

And my last bus of #LEJOGbyBus is a Coach which is carrying 5 people 🤯😭. Someone make it make sense! It’s not even over an hour long journey!

Anyway… 1,562 miles done on bus (ignoring Stagecoach switching buses in Fife)! Time to do the final 26 miles on a coach 🤷‍♂️