The Fairy Queen
Interesting facts and features Built in 1855 by Kitson, Thompson & Hewitson, UK, for the then East Indian Railway (EIR) weight: 26 tonnes coal tender :…
A trip on the Fairy Queen
“If you want to get from A to B quickly, don’t go on the world’s oldest working steam locomotive, the Fairy Queen. Part of the charm of such a trip is its unpredictability. And the “old lady”, as she’s affectionately known by some, certainly is charming.” Kay McMahon tells of her weekend trip on Indian Rail’s Fairy Queen, pulled by the world’s oldest main-line steam locomotive.
The Pan and the Pope
Krakow, Poland – shopping, dining & getting around The title gives it away. Pope John Paul II, the city’s most prominent son, and Pan Tadeusz, protagonist…
Little Poland, Big Time
A guide to Krakow Your Britishexpat.com travel correspondent – as if he didn’t have anything better to do between meetings and business trips – has embarked…
LOT Polish Airlines
A scathing review of LOT Polish Airlines from travel correspondent Hajo.
An uplift for a saggy pair
“What do the adjacent castles of Sinclair and Girnigoe, on the outskirts of Wick, Caithness, have in common with The Valley of the Kings and the Great Wall of China?” How the World Monuments Fund is drawing attention to the imminent collapse of two historic Caithness castles.