The Rail Holiday Maker
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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Jul 23, 2020
- 9 min
Beers & Tears & Bellyaches - an Emotional Day in 'Flanders Fields'
“Priorité à droite! Priorité à droite!” The elderly woman had got out of the car. The car that she had just driven into our hire car. She...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Secret Lives of a Hotel Inspector #1
Here's a travel industry anecdote, a tale of legend that has done the rounds over the years, often embellished but I heard it originally...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
Bouncing off the Walls
“So, Englishman! You think you’ve got palaces? We’re going to show you some real palaces!” This would have been early 1992, about half...
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The Rail Holiday Maker
- Dec 29, 2018
- 8 min
From Matterhorn to Montreux – Glacier Express & Golden Pass
I can picture the scene vividly, even now. It was the first ever text message from my dad. He had just bought his first mobile phone....
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