Berwick upon Tweed; Tuesday, 27 January, 2009

Up relatively early as I had to catch the train to Edinburgh. Nothing strange it that, I’d done it yesterday. The only difference was that the Travelodge in Edinburgh where I was staying tonight doesn’t allow checkin until 3pm, and the Travelodge in Berwick insisted that I checked out by midday, so rather than going direct I went on the more scenic route.

From Berwick I headed south to Newcastle and then caught the train across the top of England, the line follows the Tyne valley and runs parallel to Hadrian’s Wall (hence it’s name the Hadrian’s Wall Country Line). Ninety minutes later the train pulled into Carlisle, the West Coast version of Berwick upon Tweed, where I changed onto my final train up through the Lowlands of Scotland towards Edinburgh.