Monthly Archives: February 2026

Read this blog: The one where we came in from the cold Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August 2025 To fulfil his contract as a Product Manager, Robert aims to spend three days a month in the Great Rail Journeys’ office in York whenever his travel commitments allow. He had identified that the weekend before his August dates coincided with some of the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup matches being played at York Community Stadium. Tickets cost just £25. Of course we wanted to go and were lucky enough to be able to book tickets and extended his hotel booking. As we waited to board our train at King’s Cross we had a swift cappuccino. The architecture here reminded Robert of the Vortex waterfall at Singapore Changi Airport. Robert’s first port of call when we arrived was the York Tap at the railway station where he always aims to enjoy a raspberry beer if time allows. There is no shortage of fine hostelries in York but Matilda had read an article mentioning the garden of The Fat Badger and demanded that this be included in the route for the evening. Unfortunately as it was raining, it was not really the right […]