| Day | Date | Conveyance | From | To | Accommodation | |||
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| Name | Nbr. | When | Where | When | Where | |||
| Mo0 | Oct 14 | Observed as a holiday at my day job. | ||||||
| Tu0 | Oct 15 | Take another day off to get ready. | ||||||
| We0 | Oct 16 | [taxi] | 06:00−5 | [home] | 06:20−5 | [station] | – | |
| Lincoln Service | 302 | 06:40−5 | St. Louis | 12:20−5 | Chicago | Business Class | ||
| Capitol Limited |
30 | 18:40−5 | Chicago |
Car 3000 Room A |
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| Th0 | Oct 17 | 13:05−4 | Washington | |||||
| Regional | 196 | 15:05−4 | Washington | 18:30−4 | New York | Business Class | ||
| Spend the night at the Hotel Pennsylvania (PEnnsylvania 6-5000). | ||||||||
| Fr0 | Oct 18 | [taxi] | 11:15−4 | [hotel] | 12:00−4 | [dock] | – | |
| Queen Mary 2 | M933A | 17:00−4 | New York | Inside Room 4027 |
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| Sa0 – Th1 | At Sea | |||||||
| Fr1 | Oct 25 | 06:30+1 | Southampton | |||||
| [taxi] | 09:40+1 | [dock] | 10:00+1 | [station] | – | |||
| South West Trains | 10:30+1 | Southampton | 11:49+1 | London | First Class | |||
| Have lunch at the station. | ||||||||
| [my feet] | 13:50+1 | Waterloo | 14:00+1 | W’loo East | – | |||
| Southeastern | 14:13+1 | London | 15:53+1 | Canterbury | First Class | |||
| Spend two nights at the Premier Inn. | ||||||||
| Sa1 | Oct 26 | Be a tourist in Canterbury. | ||||||
| Su1 | Oct 27 | Switch to standard time (because I’m still in the EU until Thursday at least). | ||||||
| Southeastern | 10:25Z | Canterbury | 11:21Z | London | First Class | |||
| [my feet] | (Just cross the street.) | – | ||||||
| LNER | 12:00Z | London | 13:47Z | York | First Class | |||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend the night at the Principal York. | ||||||||
| Su1 – Mo2 | [my feet] | – | [hotel] | – | [museum] | – | ||
| National Railway Museum hours 10:00 to 18:00 | ||||||||
| Mo2 | Oct 28 | LNER | 13:35Z | York | 16:14Z | Edinburgh | First Class | |
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend two nights at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton. | ||||||||
| Tu2 | Oct 29 | Be a tourist in Edinburgh. | ||||||
| We2 | Oct 30 | [my feet] | 08:00Z | [hotel] | 08:10Z | [station] | – | |
| ScotRail | 08:34Z | Edinburgh | 12:01Z | Inverness | First Class | |||
| 14:00Z | Inverness | 18:22Z | Wick | – | ||||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend two nights at the Mackays Hotel. | ||||||||
| Th2 | Oct 31 | Be a tourist in Wick. | ||||||
| [bus] | 08:32Z | Wick | 09:01Z | John o’ Groats | – | |||
| 13:37Z | John o’ Groats | 14:05Z | Wick | |||||
| Fr2 | Nov 1 | [my feet] | 06:30Z | [hotel] | 06:40Z | [station] | – | |
| ScotRail | 07:00Z | Wick | 11:31Z | Inverness | – | |||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend the night at the Royal Highland Hotel. | ||||||||
| Fr2 – Sa2 | Be a tourist in Inverness. | |||||||
| Sa2 | Nov 2 | [my feet] | 14:20Z | [hotel] | 14:30Z | [station] | – | |
| ScotRail | 14:48Z | Inverness | 18:08Z | Glasgow | First Class | |||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend the night at the Millenium Hotel. | ||||||||
| Su2 | Nov 3 | [my feet] | – | [hotel] | – | [bus station] | – | |
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Citylink coach via Stena Line ferry |
12:20Z | Glasgow | 18:20Z | Belfast | foot passenger on ferry |
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| [my feet] | – | [bus station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Su2 – Tu3 | Spend three nights at the Jurys Inn (Hilton sold out…my bad for waiting too long). | |||||||
| We3 – Tu4 | Spend seven nights at the Hilton. | |||||||
| Mo3 – We3 | Public transportation to/from meetings | |||||||
| [feet/bus/feet] | – | Jurys Inn | – | Hilton | – | |||
| [feet/bus/feet] | Hilton | Jurys Inn | ||||||
| Mo3 – Sa3 | WG21/PL22.16 meetings at the Hilton | |||||||
| Su3 | Nov 10 | Be a tourist in Belfast. | ||||||
| Mo4 – Tu4 | ACCU conference at the Hilton | |||||||
| We4 | Nov 13 | [my feet] | – | [hotel] | – | [station] | – | |
| NI Railways | 12:20Z | Belfast | 14:22Z | Londonderry | First Class | |||
| We4 – Th4 | Spend two nights at the Shipquay Hotel. | |||||||
| Th4 | Nov 14 | Be a tourist in Derry/Londonderry. | ||||||
| Fr4 | Nov 15 | NI Railways | 11:38Z | Derry | 12:39Z | Belfast | First Class | |
| [taxi] | 14:45Z | [station] | 15:00Z | [dock] | – | |||
| Stena Line ferry | 15:30Z | Belfast | 17:52Z | Cairnryan | foot passenger | |||
| Citylink coach | 18:15Z | Cairnryan | 20:20Z | Glasgow | – | |||
| [my feet] | 22:10Z | [bus station] | 22:30Z | [train station] | ||||
| Caledonian Sleeper | 23:40Z | Glasgow |
Club Room Coach K Berth 05L |
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| Sa4 | Nov 16 | 07:07Z | London | |||||
| [my feet] | – | [mainline] | – | [underground] | – | |||
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Hammersmith & City or Circle Line |
Euston Square | Paddington | ||||||
| [my feet] | [underground] | [mailine] | ||||||
| Great Western | 10:03Z | London | 15:09Z | Penzance | First Class | |||
| 12:03Z | 17:05Z | |||||||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend two nights at the Hotel Penzance. | ||||||||
| Su4 | Nov 17 | Be a tourist in Penzance. | ||||||
| [bus] | 10:40Z | Penzance | 11:37Z | Land’s End | – | |||
| 15:35Z | Land’s End | 16:34Z | Penzance | |||||
| Mo5 | Nov 18 | [my feet] | 09:00Z | [hotel] | 09:10Z | [station] | – | |
| CrossCountry | 09:25Z | Penzance | 13:25Z | Bristol | First Class | |||
| Great Western | 14:22Z | Bristol | 16:04Z | Southampton | – | |||
| [my feet] | – | [station] | – | [hotel] | – | |||
| Spend the night at the Premier Inn. | ||||||||
| Tu5 | Nov 19 | [taxi] | 12:00Z | [hotel] | 12:30Z | [dock] | – | |
| Queen Mary 2 | M938 | 16:30Z | Southampton | Inside Room 12039 |
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| We5 – Mo6 | At Sea | |||||||
| Tu6 | Nov 26 | 06:30−5 | New York | |||||
| [taxi] | 14:15−5 | [dock] | 15:00−5 | [station] | – | |||
| Lake Shore Limited |
49 | 15:40−5 | New York |
Car 4911 Room 6 |
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| We6 | Nov 27 | 09:50−6 | Chicago | |||||
| Texas Eagle | 21 | 13:45−6 | Chicago | 19:21−6 | St. Louis |
Car 2120 Room 2 |
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| [taxi] | – | [station] | – | [home] | – | |||
| Th6 | Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. | ||||||
| Fr6 | Nov 29 | Take another day off work to recover. | ||||||