The Rail Holiday Maker
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Quick, close your eyes! Usher your children out of the room! This chapter starts with sex! Noisy sex. The noisiest sex ever. It was...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Jun 27, 2021
- 8 min
We are The Fall - a tour of The Fall's Prestwich in the footsteps of Mark E Smith
Manchester holds a special place in my heart. For a while it was my saviour, my sanity. During the mid-90s I found myself living in...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
5 great railways unlocked
With travel hopefully resuming this summer there is a huge appetite out there to explore these islands. Whilst many will take to their...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Grave Rob - Berlin's 'Memorial to the Socialists'
On one edge of the starkly eastern suburb of Berlin-Lichtenberg, a short walk from the wonderfully named ‘Avenue of the Cosmonauts’, sits...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Rail Holiday Maker - Coming Soon?
Imagine ‘a kind of Portillo in Primark pants’, searching Britain, Europe and beyond for your next holiday. Have you ever wondered how...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Feb 19, 2021
- 5 min
Nice one Cyril!
Wickersley CI Bowls Club at the turn of the 1980s Although I’m probably younger than most current Wickersley CI members, I thought it...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Feb 8, 2021
- 10 min
Jack the Lad
A guest article by John Senior. 'It's Mr Fowler to you!' These were the first words Jack ever said to me as a young, well, a 23 year old...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Feb 1, 2021
- 10 min
48 hours in Hamburg
Flights booked, hotel rooms too, I scoured the fixtures. This was a work trip really, ending in Magdeburg for a few days at a travel...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Get your Free Chapter of 'The Rail Holiday Maker'
Have you ever wondered how holidays happen and what goes on behind the scenes beforehand? ‘The Rail Holiday Maker’ is a peek inside the...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
A sneaky peek inside January's GTW magazine
You can read the full article at https://www.railholidaymaker.com/post/all-aboard-the-staycation-express You can read the full article at...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
Confessions of a Hotel Inspector #3
Many moons ago I took a job as Hotel Contractor for a big hotel booking company. I didn’t stay long. Living in Leeds I could compare it...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Nov 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Continental Holiday of a Lifetime
How do you fancy a little bit of time travel during this strange period when we can't venture far from our homes? I was at Wallace Arnold...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Nov 18, 2020
- 5 min
Ohhh, Lanky Lanky!
“What’s the best thing ever to come out of Yorkshire?” Here we go again…let me guess……the M62?? If I had a pound for every time I heard...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
Action Stations #1 - Wales
If you have been on a rail holiday over the past 15 years it’s entirely possible that I designed it. I decided to write a book, The Rail...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Confessions of a Hotel Inspector #2
“Oh….erm….are you sure you have definitely booked in for tonight?” The hotel manager was flustered on the phone. This was Sunday, after...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Sep 21, 2020
- 7 min
The Wrong 3 O'clock
It’s 3 o’clock on Saturday. The first league game of the season. The first league game since March, in fact. In non-league football,...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Switzerland - Rail Holidays with Heavenly Scenery!
A small selection of rail holidays in the UK and abroad will be coming soon, designed and personally delivered by yours truly. If you...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
All aboard the 'Staycation Express'
After a lifetime travelling, for many years making rail holidays, I’ve been ‘off the rails’ these last few months shielding from...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Aug 10, 2020
- 5 min
Settle down for a great railway journey!
A small selection of rail holidays will be coming soon, designed and personally delivered by yours truly. If you would like to hear about...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Jul 28, 2020
- 3 min
Rail Holidays Unmasked - Join me on the next Adventure!
If you’ve been on a rail holiday in the last 15 years it’s possible that I designed it. When it’s realistic to travel again, would you...
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