New years rolled around and most of our friends had headed out of the country to celebrate. We were just getting into the swing of income coming in and didn’t really have the chance to book any flights anywhere. Having read about one of the top ten train journeys in the world being the Settle-Carlisle we thought we might as well use this time off to see a little bit more of the countryside. So we booked a train trip to cover this journey. It involved a day right up almost to the border with Scotland, a couple of hours look around Carsile and then a couple more hours down to Settle to spend the night. A true old person’s holiday.
A cup of coffee meant we missed our 830am train. Watching the train pull away panic struck in as to what we would have to flog out for last minute new tickets. Luckily for a sympathetic platform man (who wrote we had missed it due to connections) we were on the 930 one without extra cost.
The weather was cold and foggy and by the second leg of our journey rather wet too. So the views were somewhat hindered – as one part we could barely see out the window. Arriving in Settle on New Years Eve we checked into the B&B and headed out for dinner. There was only a couple of places open and they were all booked out, so we ended up buying some cheese and crackers and drinking a bottle of French wine (we had from Paris) in our room before heading for a late dinner of Indian. The night was somewhat a disappointment. But the little town was beautiful (if only it was freezing and wet as). A great way to see a decent chunk of England. An a tasty breki at the B&B J
In the afternoon after a day of walking around in the rain and struggling to find much open being new years day we headed home. After a few hours stop over in Leeds on the way home we finally made it back, cold, but pleased to say we have seen a bit more of the country before we leave.
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