From Newcastle To Whitby
A Three Hour Seventy Mile Lovely Train Journey
Introduction
I love going to Whitby and I used to drive but Whitby is not a place for cars, just park them and that's it. We usually stay at La Rosa (my favorite hotel ever) or Dillons (just a lovely welcoming place) and my stories about them are at the end of this.
When I tell people it takes three hours to make a seventy-mile journey they are shocked, then I tell them there are twenty-eight stations on the route and it is a pleasant and interesting journey as well, and they say that they see why. When I was looking for the station list I saw that a one-way journey is as little as ÂŖ4.50 so not only is it a nice journey it is also cheap though some great countryside along the North Sea Coast.
I then thought that a list of the stations was virtually a twenty-eight-line poem, so yes it's a bit of a cheat, and a bit lazy on my part, but here it goes.
There are a lot of references which either you will know or you will have to look up.
The song is "The Last Of The Steam Powered Trains" by The Kinks with an intro from the Dennis Hopper / Kiefer Sutherland film "Flashback" which has a stunning soundtrack.
From Newcastle To Whitby And Back
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Newcastle This Is Where We Start
Heworth No It's Not The Brontes
Sunderland Home Of The Black Cats
Seaham Coastal By The North Sea
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Hordern A Place Between Others
Hartlepool Not Safe For Monkeys
Seaton Carew Seaside Resort
Billingham Is Anglo Saxon
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Stockton Here's Stephenson's Rocket
Thornaby on Tees In Marshes
Middlesborough Transporter Bridge
James Cook The University
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Marton And Then Comes Gypsy Lane
Nunthorpe And On To Great Ayton
Lots Of Small Stations On This Train
Battersby, Kildale And Then On
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Commondale And Castleton Moor
Danby, Lealholm, And Through Glaisdale
Towards Our Destination's Door
Egton And Grosmont Heartbeat Trail
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Sleights In The Valley Of The Esk
Ruswarp, Mile And A Half To Go
This Lovely Journey's Been No Test
Whitby, We're Here, Dracula's Home
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Comments (2)
đ¤ŠA bit of a cheeky cheat, totally *not* lazy on your part, and absolutely worthwhile reading! âŖī¸ Thank you for taking me back to Newcastle and for the trip to brand new places x
Lovely idea and the poem is wonderful!!! Thank you for the journey from Newcastle to Whitby!!!đđđ