A Train Trip to Edinburgh in Weather Pictures

One thing for certain was Wednesday was cold. We’d booked a trip by train to Edinburgh to visit the city in the run up to Christmas.

After some overnight showers and freezing temperatures, the first task was to de-ice the car. Windows were just solid blocks of ice. As our journey to the Scottish capital got underway the first thing still obvious was the flooded fields as the train headed north towards York.

The further north we headed the worse this problem seemed to be. At one stage the railway appeared to be running through a lake with both sides of the tracks inundated with flood water.

Then as we headed further north towards Newcastle it began to snow. As we crossed over the river Tyne in Newcastle any chance of that iconic shot of the famous Tyne Bridges was out of the question as visibility was reduced due to the snow. 

By the time our train reached Berwick on Tweed just south of the Scottish border the weather had taken a turn for the better and the snow had stopped.

When we reached Edinburgh it was cold and sunny. Perhaps a little snow would have added a little to the festive atmosphere of the city but as it was we enjoyed our afternoon looking around the German Christmas Market and Scottish Highland Christmas Market just off Edinburgh’s famous Princes Street.

This  Royal Scot Grey on horseback was silhouetted again a beautiful blue sky.

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