I will be flying into Manchester, Eng, in nov 08. Train to York.( day trip by train to Durham. Then train from York to Edinburgh. Then train to Inverness/Fort William and then back to Manchester.
Any suggestions. I have the rail map.
Thanks
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Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Use the Journey Planner at www.nationalrail.co.uk to get timetables and fares. If you enter some arbitrary dates within the next 30-60 days, you'll see which routes offer discount fares for advance booking. Walk-up fares in the UK can be very expensive. Butif you can get discount fares, point-to-point tickets will probably be cheaper than a railpass.
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NYC, USA
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To me, your Inverness- Fort Williams route will be the most scenic. Around the Iverness area you'll be climbing above the treeline---very desolate but beautiful. If memory serves me well you'll pass the ferry stop to Skye. If you have time take the ferry at Glenelg? and spend a night at Skye. There's a public bus that rides around the beautiful island and ends up at the other ferry stop. Take that ferry across to Maillaig?and continue w/your wonderful train journey. Good luck and have fun.
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Saw the Brit Rail map from Tim's suggested website. It's not Glenelg but Kyle of Lochalsh. Just looking at the map brought back some wonderful memories.