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When I have the opportunity, I like to indulge in low-speed #train travel around #Europe accompanied by a Peruvian finger puppet which ruins what would otherwise be […]

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I've just released a short video showing the journey to Orkney, by Caledonian Sleeper to Inverness, the scenic Far North Line to Thurso (Britain's most northerly station) and Northlink Ferries from Scrabster to Stromness on the excellent m/v Hamnavoe. Take a peek!
youtu.be/8TpQJS-a4EM?...
To Orkney by sleeper, Far North Line & ferry
YouTube video by The Man in Seat 61
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February 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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So you can now directly follow posts from my blog / newsletter site here in the Fediverse - it's @news - and it runs from within Ghost

I'll see if this is a useful addition my more regular activity here!
February 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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My trip finally begins : Tonight, the :european_sleeper: 453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.

I will spend the next two weeks […]

[Original post on zug.network]
February 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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The Guardian has a piece on British typographer and graphic designer Margaret Calvert, who’s (partially or wholly) responsible for the British highway signage typeface (Transport), the British Rail typeface (Rail Alphabet) and the pictographs on British road signs, and whose autobiography is […]
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mastodon.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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February 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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The first edition of my weekly European railway newsletter went out today https://jonworth.eu/finally-some-progress-for-france-germany-regional-rail/

The first four editions are free, thereafter it'll be a €3 a month subscription

In this edition:
🇫🇷🇩🇪 Régiolis trains
Bullshit about 🇭🇺 trains […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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1 år på Mastodon! 🎉 🥳

För ett år sen skapade jag det här Mastodon-kontot, det blev jättebra. Förhoppningsvis har fler blivit inspirerade att göra tågresor och hittat info hur det genomförs.

Det har också blivit ett sätt att fånga upp vad som händer och […]

[Original post on mastodonsweden.se]
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I wrote an experimental #substack #travel post, but as I understand some people are agin that platform here, this links to the @blog version.

https://write.as/siegeavecvue/night-trains-olives-and-aperol-how-i-reached-cordoba-without-flying

#interrail #trainsnotplanes #Córdoba #mezquita
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I was going through some old photos and came upon this @diningcar beauty from 2012.

No need to buy a sandwich from the trolley! Buy a baguette and some brie in Monoprix. Your #SNCF #voyageur card makes a handy portable knife.
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Today's #earworm has been brought to you by Posie, Perkin, and Pootle. #theflumps https://youtu.be/hQGPC6W7eSw
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Here's the long-threatened "doing the sums" post from my recent #interrail adventure.

I apologise if it inadvertently contains useful #travel advice.

https://www.siegeavecvue.eu/winterrail-doing-the-sums/

#trainsnotplanes
Winterrail: doing the sums
Financially responsible rail hedonism, with receipts.
www.siegeavecvue.eu
January 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM
There is no more, you'll be pleased to know -- apart from the "sums" post which I'll do later. #travel home from #donostia on the #train. https://www.siegeavecvue.eu/going-home-donostia-perigueux/
Going Home: Donostia - Périgueux
Theme of the Local Zero.
www.siegeavecvue.eu
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Beautiful…
January 20, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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#siegeavecvue Barcelona #rodalies style
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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I bought 4 Interrail passes for 2026

It's not even the end of January and I realise it was too few 😂
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Friday's journey - a few days late, sorry -was the final #travel day of my #interrail pass, from #Córdoba to #donostia. Moderate #renfe #freestuff and #cava.

https://www.siegeavecvue.eu/grazing-home-cordoba-donostia/
Grazing home: Córdoba - Donostia
Sparkle-fizz and waiting.
www.siegeavecvue.eu
January 19, 2026 at 9:10 AM
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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And as ever: if you want a smooth Interrail / Eurail experience

DO NOT GO TO FRANCE

Germany *except to France* is fine on Interrail / Eurail
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Krass, im RailJet 2 gibt es sogar Fassbier! 🤡
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
A slothful day in #Córdoba with medicinal mezze and the realisation that orange = health.

https://www.siegeavecvue.eu/cordoba-day-three-zen-and-the-art-of-lurgy-maintenance/
Córdoba, day three: Zen and the Art of Lurgy Maintenance
The Spanish equivalent of Fervex is Pharmagrip.
www.siegeavecvue.eu
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
I know you love this kind of filth, you dirty slags. #trainporn #zaragozadelicias #renfe
January 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
@sylvia I saw this and I thought of you. Not because it is raining heavily.
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM