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The Grand Tour (5-6 days)London – York – Durham & Newcastle– Edinburgh – Glasgow – Carlisle toSettle railway – Leeds – LondonThis provides some of the best of Britain, glimpsed througha train window. Take the Flying Scotsman from Kings Cross –there’s been a train on this route since 1862. It’s been used byeveryone from politicians to princes and author JK Rowling,who got inspiration for Harry Potter when she travelled betweenLondon and Edinburgh, and still uses it regularly.YorkLondon Kings Cross to York 2hrsStop off here. Leave your luggage at the station and startexploring its medieval streets. Next to the station is theNational Railway Museum; you’ll see the Rocket, engineerRobert Stephenson’s prototype engine as well as anoriginal Flying Scotsman train. It’s free to enter.09Durham and NewcastleYork to Durham 45mins (Durham to Newcastle 12mins)You can either stay on the train right through to Edinburghand catch a glimpse of Durham Castle, or disembark andvisit it for yourself. Now one of the university’s colleges,it’s surrounded by bowing willows and wandering studentsmeandering the banks beyond. Before heading to Edinburgh,hop back aboard the train to Newcastle where you’ll see thesort of terraced houses that appeared in the film Billy Elliotand hear the same accents as well!08One North EastSeptember | October 201313