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Part 5 of Tagging along to London
Dover Castle and the white cliffs
A change of hotel, then a high-speed train to Dover with a friend, for the castle, the white cliffs and the harbour.
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Part 7 of New Zealand's South Island, 2019
The TranzAlpine, at last
Returning the cars in Greymouth, and the one thing I had asked for on this trip: the TranzAlpine across the South Island to Christchurch.
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Part 4 of South India, 2019
The toy train to Coonoor
A day on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, riding the toy train from Ooty down to Coonoor and back, with a walk in Sim's Park and a full guided tour of the Highfield Tea Factory.
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Part 1 of Switzerland, 2018
Arriving in Zurich Together
My wife's business trip to Switzerland became our holiday. It began with a light-hearted question at immigration, an unfamiliar rail system and a grey afternoon by Lake Zurich.
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Part 5 of Switzerland, 2018
Bellinzona's Castles and a Misty Lugano
A long day trip on my own from Basel, south through the Alps to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, with the stone walls of Castelgrande in Bellinzona and a grey, misty afternoon by Lake Lugano.
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Part 6 of Switzerland, 2018
Over the Bernina Line to Tirano and Back
A very long day on my own, from Basel to Chur and over the Alps on the Bernina Express, through snow and a whiteout at the pass, down to Tirano in Italy for a pizza, and all the way back again.
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Part 8 of Switzerland, 2018
Mürren, Schilthorn and a Walk in the Snow
Our first full day in the mountains together, by train and cable car from Lucerne to Mürren and the Schilthorn, with Piz Gloria and its James Bond connection, a walkway on the cliff and a long walk down through the snow.
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Part 9 of Switzerland, 2018
Lucerne, Mount Rigi and a Ride in the Snow
A busy Sunday together, by boat across Lake Lucerne and cogwheel train up Mount Rigi, with a stone from a Chinese mountain we had once climbed, a sledge in the snow and a cable car and boat back to Lucerne.
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Part 11 of Switzerland, 2018
The Last Days in Zurich
Back in Zurich for a last afternoon together, then on my own again, with a morning at the Rhine Falls, a long train ride to a snowy Grindelwald, and a final day in the city before my flight home.