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« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2024, 22:21:47 »
Cleethorpes, Stranraer Harbour, Whitby (All first visit by Rail)

Minehead by rail but only from Bishops Lydeard

Melksham (Arrived on foot left on the bus to Bath)
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« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2024, 23:02:18 »
Just four of those on that list from me: Melksham (obviously! Grin); Minehead (WSR); Pilning (passing through Roll Eyes) and Whitby (NYMR▸ (North Yorkshire Moors Railway - heritage line)).
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« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2024, 00:11:13 »
I can only tick off four places I've definitely been to - Aachen, Granville, Madrid, and Quimper - plus Syracuse (NY). But none of those was by train, and only Madrid involved trains while there (the Metro).

I remember very little of the longer rail trips I made while at school to summer camps, and mostly don't have records. But for the one near Timberscombe in 1965 I guess we went to Minehead by train.

And it's possible I've been to to Wick and Carhaix - I know I've been not far away. There are also other exotic, and east European, places some of which were by train; they just happen to fall in the blank bits of Graham's map!
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« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2024, 09:54:07 »
Just the 11 for me - all bar one (Syracuse (NY)) by train, spanning many years!

Balloch Pier; Beasdale; Caerphilly; Melksham; Minehead; North Berwick; Pilning; St Moritz; Syracuse (NY); Whitby; Wick.
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« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2024, 16:47:38 »
Presumably Syracuse in Sicily (Siracusa for our Italian members) also counts? If not, reduce my "score" by one!
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« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2024, 17:15:52 »
Quote from: eightonedee on December 10, 2024, 16:47:38
Presumably Syracuse in Sicily (Siracusa for our Italian members) also counts? If not, reduce my "score" by one!

Yes - that's the one I was thinking of and is as shown on the map.
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« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2024, 19:07:16 »
I have visited (in the sense of travelling to and setting foot in):

Caerphilly
Cleethorpes
Madrid
Melksham
Minehead
North Berwick
Pilning
Quimper
Stranraer Harbour
Whitby
and Wick

All by train, except Cleethorpes which I cycled to from Hull (and have cycled to quite a few of the others on that list).

Have also passed through Beasdale by train and have cycled through at least twice, and have passed through Wuppertal by train. I can't remember if I visited Balloch Pier when I visited Loch Lomond a very long time ago now.

I have been close to Slaggyford (Alston) and to Syracuse (Catania).

Most of the others I have no idea where they are! But might find myself visiting one or two next year.
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