Knowing that our friend
Weaver is having a bit of a problem with one of his ZyXEL VMG1312-B10As (and also his Raspberry Pi),
b*cat decided to plan a train journey.
On entering
BSE as the point of departure,
KYL as the destination into the
National Rail web-site and specifying the first train departing around 0800 hours on Monday 7th January, 2019, the journey was planned. It showed --
Dep. From To Arr. Dur. Chg.
08:33 Bury St Edmunds [BSE] Platform 1 > Kyle of Lochalsh [KYL] Platform 1 20:31 11h 58m 3
As three changes of train would be required, the journey details were examined --
Bury St Edmunds [BSE] to Peterborough [PBO] 1h 07m
Peterborough [PBO] to Edinburgh [EDB] 3h 31m
Edinburgh [EDB] to Inverness [INV] 3h 31m
Inverness [INV] to Kyle of Lochalsh [KYL] 2h 37m
Just to the west of the station, at Kyle of Lochalsh, is
"Skye Car Hire" from whence I planned to obtain a suitable vehicle for the last leg of the journey. A drive westwards on the A87 would take me over the Skye Bridge and, continuing on that road, eventually to
the left turn, just before the
"Claymore Restaurant", that leads to
Heasta and
"The Weaving Shed".
Finally, as an afterthought, the price of the cheapest train fare was checked,
£192-00.
Upon recovery,
b*cat then proceeded to unpack his back-pack removing a laptop computer, a time-domain reflectometer, a USB to serial converter, various cables, a Krone punch-down tool, a set of screwdrivers and other assorted "doings" . . . as, unfortunately, that is a journey he will not be making.