SLOW TRAINS AROUND BRITAIN (HB)

In 1825, a small English market town made history with the world’s first public passenger train. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of this event, travel writer and train nut Tom Chesshyre embarks on a long, circular series of rides, beginning and ending in Darlington. He enjoys the scenery, seeks out the history, dodges delays (as best he can), reports on the state of British railways (often shambolic), and lets the rhythm of the clattering tracks reveal what it is about trains - especially wonderful old trains - that we love so much.