I think it's probably best you don't go to Cleethorpes. It might ruin the magic for you a bit. Or you might like it, for the tatty old British holiday destination of it all. It's so flat the tide goes out for 3 miles, so you often can't see it from the Pleasure Beach part.
When I get the train home (to see Mum and Dad) I get the Edinburgh to London line to Doncaster, then the Manchester-Cleethorpes line to Grimsby. It goes through Scunthorpe, which I think is a doozy of a place name. But Lincolnshire's finest names are in the south of the county - Mavis Enderby, Boothby Graffoe etc. Having said that, Mum and Dad live in Alvingham, and my primary school was in North Cockerington.
Derbyshire has a Handley Bottom!
Once, when I was on the train home, the announcer, when we were approaching Newcastle, said we'd be stopping at "Newcastle, Dunbar, Darlington, York, Doncaster, Stevenage and London Kings Cross" there was a pause. Then he came back on and said "That's Newcastle, Dunbar, Darlington. Sorry". There were some bemused frowns shared, then another voice came on the tannoy, trying not to giggle, and said "In fact, we're calling at Newcastle, Durham, Darlington. Because we're going towards London." There was giggling.
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When I get the train home (to see Mum and Dad) I get the Edinburgh to London line to Doncaster, then the Manchester-Cleethorpes line to Grimsby. It goes through Scunthorpe, which I think is a doozy of a place name. But Lincolnshire's finest names are in the south of the county - Mavis Enderby, Boothby Graffoe etc. Having said that, Mum and Dad live in Alvingham, and my primary school was in North Cockerington.
Derbyshire has a Handley Bottom!
Once, when I was on the train home, the announcer, when we were approaching Newcastle, said we'd be stopping at "Newcastle, Dunbar, Darlington, York, Doncaster, Stevenage and London Kings Cross" there was a pause. Then he came back on and said "That's Newcastle, Dunbar, Darlington. Sorry". There were some bemused frowns shared, then another voice came on the tannoy, trying not to giggle, and said "In fact, we're calling at Newcastle, Durham, Darlington. Because we're going towards London." There was giggling.