In episode 214 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug work through the 10 questions listeners ask most often about visiting London. How many days you actually need, when to go, what to budget, the best way in from Heathrow, and where to eat once you arrive. If you are in the early…
The West Highland Line is an unforgettable train journey. It runs from Glasgow up past Loch Lomond, across the middle of Rannoch Moor, over the Glenfinnan Viaduct and onto the fishing port of Mallaig. “The West Highland Main Line is repeatedly named as one of the most scenic railways in the world, and that is…
In this episode of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Doug takes over hosting duties to chat with Graham, one of Rabbie’s driver guides based in Edinburgh, about what a small group tour of Scotland is really like. Doug took Rabbie’s Northumberland and Alnwick Castle tour with Graham back in June, and wanted listeners to hear…
In episode 212 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined again by Doug Collins to answer one of the questions we hear most often: which of London’s train stations do you actually need, and what on earth do you do once you get there? London has more than a dozen mainline stations, each…
In this week’s episode of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy sits down with Rochelle from Warners Bay in New South Wales for a proper trip report. Rochelle and her husband Steve spent almost six weeks driving around the UK over Easter, from Salisbury and Bath up through the Cotswolds, the Peak District, the Lake…
Three nights in Haworth with the cobbled Brontë village to return to each evening and the western Yorkshire Dales spread out within easy reach by day. We based ourselves here for 3 nights and built our days around two of the area’s great railway lines and some of its most photographed scenery. What we liked…
Travelling the UK by train can be one of the most relaxing ways to see the country, and for a lot of you we know that it is also the part of the trip that can feel the most daunting before you arrive. The good news is that it does not need to be. In…
In episode 210 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug recap Tracy’s favourite London experiences from 2026: afternoon tea in a royal palace, a murder mystery in a Victorian train carriage, Chelsea in full bloom and a night in a 500 year old castle. Every experience earned its place, and a few came…
In Episode 209 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug step back from the destinations to explain who they are and the ten ways they help you plan a smarter UK trip. Between them they have lived all over the UK, and Doug has covered every mile of mainline track in the country,…
In Episode 208 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug share the Northern England leg of their recent trip: a road trip through County Durham, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, with all the tips they picked up along the way. From a living museum and a steam railway village to All…