London to Edinburgh train, p.1 of 2
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"We dropped off some of our luggage at Woodville House, where we plan to stay when we return to London, and headed for our train to Edinburgh during morning rush hour.
Victoria Station during rush hour was a bit overwhelming for the kids – lots of crowds, moving very fast. We caught our 9:00 a.m. train out of King's Cross, on an overcast (what else?) morning. Lots of rows of brick houses on the way north, but incredible lush green fields began to appear after about 20 minutes travel.
It's startling to see ancient stone spires, towers, churches and farm-houses in the middle of working fields. Most fields are a lush green, with trees & shrubs between. These are punctuated by brilliant "acid yellow" fields of "rapeseed" flowers; it's grown for the oil. As we moved north, the landscape gradually changed from flat to rolling, with a bit more variety in the tree colors & shapes. Somewhere past York, we began to see evergreens. The cities were more attractive than I expected – in the U.S., train routes often travel through the most industrial or "down and out" sections of cities.
We rode through Newcastle, on a high bridge over the river Tyne. Riding along the North Sea was beautiful during the last 1½ hours. We covered about 450 miles in 4½ hours, on a train that remains one of our favorites."
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