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Archives for December 2016

Trains running wild…

17 December 2016 by Simon Barnes 12 Comments

What’s the best bit of train-birding you’ve ever had? My thanks to everyone who responded to my recent blog about the Stour Estuary, as observed from a train on the Norwich-London line: now you’ve got me wondering about other birds seen from other trains. One of the train-traveller’s great pleasures is that lightning — but… [Read More]

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Look out of the window or I’ll slap you…

15 December 2016 by Simon Barnes 13 Comments

Train to London from Norwich; I had to record the last two programmes for my radio series (it starts on Monday)  Everything You Think About Sport Is Wrong. Got a seat on the Eastern side as always; left side of the train in this direction. Read the paper. Ate sandwiches. Read the scripts, mouthing the… [Read More]

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