Jan. 23, 2020, 3:26 p.m. - Thank you everyone for all the support and sorry we actually did become train squad
But all for a good cause
Choo choo!
Jan. 23, 2020, 3:19 p.m. - Stationary again 😫
Jan. 23, 2020, 3:03 p.m. - Just arrived in Valencia!! Hopefully will be there soon unless our bad luck strikes again
Jan. 23, 2020, 2:54 p.m. - Did you know that 'peep' is Spanish train for 'choo'
Peep peep!
Jan. 23, 2020, 12:39 p.m. - On train to Valencia ladies
Jan. 23, 2020, 12:36 p.m. - On the second train to Valencia which has just set off
Jan. 23, 2020, 12:30 p.m. - In Tortosa
Jan. 23, 2020, 10:24 a.m. - Choo choo
Jan. 23, 2020, 10:24 a.m. - On train to Valencia with a lil change over at Tortosa
Jan. 23, 2020, 8:24 a.m. - Arrived in Barcelona!
Jan. 23, 2020, 7:19 a.m. - Team 38 - finally on a bus to Spain and currently stopped at El Moli. The weather is horrendous, a pathetic fallacy for sure...
Jan. 23, 2020, 4:55 a.m. - Awake, enroute to station
Jan. 23, 2020, 1:14 a.m. - Signing off
Jan. 23, 2020, 12:28 a.m. - Hello, at hotel F1
Jan. 22, 2020, 9:12 p.m. - Still in Perpignan station. Sat next to some famous lad, also getting night bus to Valencia
Jan. 22, 2020, 6:23 p.m. - Do we get an award for being the most incompetent team?
Jan. 22, 2020, 4:42 p.m. - Team 38 - saved by Rory, off to Perpignan bus station to figure out what's next
Jan. 22, 2020, 3:16 p.m. - Got a lift from a man in perpignan to the poll station outside Le Boulou
Jan. 22, 2020, 2:58 p.m. - Team 38 - got a lift further down south
Jan. 22, 2020, 1:53 p.m. - Landed in Perpignan
Worst weather so far
Bloody south
Jan. 22, 2020, 12:12 p.m. - On the second leg now to Perpignan
Jan. 22, 2020, 11:18 a.m. - Team 38 - in Montpellier, scranning a big fat McDonald's
Jan. 22, 2020, 10:01 a.m. - On the TGV and pure flying. I've never experienced a train thrill like it! Feel like we're on lake Windermere we've got that much pace...
With the coffee wearing off its time for a nap, hopefully we won't miss our stop again
Choo choo!
Jan. 22, 2020, 9:04 a.m. - Blagged a train to Perpignan with a change at Montpelier
Jan. 22, 2020, 7:31 a.m. - In valence, bring on the coffee
Jan. 22, 2020, 6:37 a.m. - The train bois must've taken pity on us as we were able to get a free train to valence
Choo choo!
Jan. 22, 2020, 3:45 a.m. - Awake
Worse night ever (felt even colder than camping in -4 in Iceland) but ready to conquer the day with a hefty load of coffee beans
Bare stoked bruv
Jan. 22, 2020, 12:21 a.m. - Walked back to st chlair de Rhône to the train station (of course!)
Place is dead so gonna sleep here and try hitch again in the morning
Jan. 21, 2020, 11:16 p.m. - Walking to the nearest service station along the D4 south toward the N7
Just left st Clair de rhone
Jan. 21, 2020, 10:39 p.m. - Our main man jazzi hooked us up with a bangin lift to Condrieu
Mulling the wine in a decision on what to do next
Jan. 21, 2020, 9:41 p.m. - In vienne trying to hitch a lift
Jan. 21, 2020, 8:47 p.m. - Spoke a train man at a desk in Lyon - he gave us some cheap tickets to Vienne, he wasn't convinced we'd get much luck elsewhere tonight
Want to get out of the city centre ASAP - it's now dark so losing maximum daylight so we're gonna take what we can get
Jan. 21, 2020, 7:54 p.m. - Yes it has terminated in Lyon and now we are looking for a way out of the city
Jan. 21, 2020, 7:34 p.m. - Soooo
Sitting on a comfy train (cos trains are awesome!) we all fell asleep and have woken up and missed our stop
Pretty sure the train terminated in Lyon but haven't seen a conductor yet so won't be sure until then
Jan. 21, 2020, 2:57 p.m. - On the second train now to Dijon, will get there early evening sacrificing Parisian rats for good fortune from the train gods
Choo choo!
Jan. 21, 2020, 12:56 p.m. - In Paris innit
Jan. 21, 2020, 9:59 a.m. - We were despairing over the situation in Calais when some English lads offered us a lift to dijon
But this morning they bailed.
Pretty gutted, even the locals say Calais is hard to hitch out of
So sadly paying for a train to dijon in hope of better luck and mustard for our bread.
Mind you, for every cloud there is a silver lining - we are now on a fancy French train! And with France holding the record for the fastest recorded train speed, we'll be there in no time!
Choo choo!
Jan. 21, 2020, 9:45 a.m. - Team 38 - on train to Paris
Jan. 21, 2020, 7:25 a.m. - we have awoken
Jan. 20, 2020, 10:47 p.m. - Team 38 - snuggled up in bed at the Holiday inn in Calais, hoping for better luck tomorrow
Jan. 20, 2020, 8:55 p.m. - Eu sign on
Jan. 20, 2020, 6:31 p.m. - Team 38- on ferry!! Police were asking if we are environmentally protestors which I think has to do with the yellow jacket stuff
Jan. 20, 2020, 6 p.m. - In Dover
Today has been stale but going on the ferry soon
The fires are slowly getting restoked and the whistle will soon be piping a merry tune
Let's see what the continent brings
Choo choo!
Jan. 20, 2020, 5:14 p.m. - Picked up from Maidstone by a lovely woman and daughter, heading for Dover
Jan. 20, 2020, 3:20 p.m. - Team 38 - arrived at Midstone service station, met fellow racers, feeling wholesome
Jan. 20, 2020, 2:48 p.m. - Local taxi picked us up from Swarley! Enroute to Midstone
Jan. 20, 2020, 12:51 p.m. - Walking to swanley
Jan. 20, 2020, 12:33 p.m. - Still waiting on a lift
Jan. 20, 2020, 9:59 a.m. - Struggling to get a lift here, everyone going to Essex
Sadly no trains to admire whilst we wait
Looks like the only way is Essex
Choo choo
Jan. 20, 2020, 7:32 a.m. - Dropped off at the McDonald's on the A20 outside swanely
Jan. 20, 2020, 7:16 a.m. - Getting lift to swanely petrol station
After minimal persuasion at a shell garage, a very nice European man has given us a ride
We're back on track
Choo choo
Jan. 20, 2020, 6:34 a.m. - baggled a train to Mottingham, Choo Choo on a Choo Choo!!!
Jan. 20, 2020, 12:16 a.m. - In one racer's sister's apartment just off of kings cross station
Jan. 20, 2020, 12:16 a.m. - Team 38 - sleep
Jan. 19, 2020, 9:53 p.m. - Enjoying refreshments in Victoria train station
So many trains!!! 😍
Life is good
Choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 8:49 p.m. - Team 38 - we are now entering the capital, where Hampstead station holds the record for the tube station with the most steps.
Feeling stoked
Choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 6:05 p.m. - Team 38 - Arrived in Birmingham, where there are 36 escalators in its New Street Train station! We love modern Choo Choo stations
Jan. 19, 2020, 4:03 p.m. - Team 38 - in Manchester, the first inter-city passenger railway that relied exclusively on steam power
Choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 1:57 p.m. - Joke misunderstood by Saftey team, in Lancaster, Not York, silly Choo Choo
Jan. 19, 2020, 1:50 p.m. - Team 38 - now on the same latitude as York, the home of the National railway museum!
Choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 12:34 p.m. - In England now and much flatter already - perfect for trains
Choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 11:53 a.m. - The borders are looking juicy - no complaints here (though it would've been gnarly if our donation was enough for a train) choo choo!
Jan. 19, 2020, 10:48 a.m. - Team 38- guy gave us money, on the bus to London
ETA 21:00
