Breakfast in the shadow of an ex Soviet era Aeroflot Antonov AN-2R (fuselage), built 1975. #CCCP #ChocksAwayDiner #Broughton

Looming large! - Pausing by the beached passenger steamer TSS Duke of Lancaster at Llannerch-y-Mor Wharf, whilst walking the North Wales Coast path (Flint - Prestatyn leg today)...🚢 🚶🏻#Sealink

Not quite Corbusier, but still pretty cool imo! - I've made it to the outskirts of Prestatyn and the chalets of the now closed Pontins Sands Holiday Park.... #postwar #modernistarchitecture

Studiously keeping an eye on tide timings, a leisurely walk out to Hilbre Island this morning from West Kirby... 🌊🐕🚶🏻

Not the most practical car..! 😁 Frisky microcar, built in Wolverhampton, 1960. Styling by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti. From Black Country Living Museum transport collection and on display today IKEA UK, Birmingham.

Better late than never! Been meaning to go interrailing since I was a teenager, but never got round to it, until now... At the buffers, London St Pancras, for the start of a 10 day adventure. 🚄 🏃🇧🇪

Papa Smurf eat ya heart out...!!! Made it to Brugge and Bruxelles, with Smurf's seemingly following us around the capital. 🥸😅

Funny how what started life as a temporary exhibition structure became a symbol of national identity..! 💫 atomium 🇧🇪

Going off-piste, we've headed to #DenHaag, #Netherlands, including the place where the naughty people get to stay..!

Leaving Rotterdam behind, we've headed to the polder at #Kinderdiijk... 💨⛵️

Now for a proper train journey! - With picnic hamper in tow, we're on the 16hr overnight European Sleeper to Prague. 😬😁😍 A hotchpotch of vintage (1950s - 90s) carriages to carry our dreams through the night, inc a rather cool stainless-steel bodied (American-style) example.

Snaking into Praha, Hlavní nádraží station at midday. #EuroSleeper 🤪 🚄🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪🇨🇿

Leaving the beautiful but crowded squares behind in Prague, we're meandering towards Wroclaw, Poland. Not much happening at Usti nad Orlici - waiting for connecting train. Although I do think we get top marks for spotting a man on a bicycle with matching Parrot!! 🤪

The rather weathered but still imposing, Soviet era built boulevard of Constitution Square, #Warsaw

With kaliningrad to the left and Belarus to the right, journeying through the Suwalki gap today! Destination for the weekend, Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹

Resurrecting the ad-hoc tour of Baltic state TV Towers..! 😁 #Vilnius

Think i might be suffering from Mal de debarquement syndrome! Back home after an intensive, but rather fun interrail adventure... 🚄 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪🇨🇿🇵🇱🇱🇹