Talk about Football Coming Home
And then one night in Rome
We were strong, we had grown
And now I see Kane certain to score
Hendo good as before
Pickford shutting the door
And Harry jumping

Three Lions on the shirt,
Jules Rimet still gleaming
All those years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming!

Three Lions on the Shirt,
Jules Rimet still gleaming,
All those years of hurt,
Never stopped me dreaming!

It's coming home,
It's coming home
It's coming,
Football's coming home...

London is Blue.

Having made my way down to York, I then took The Waverley to Carlisle and back, in Premier Dining.

"Galatea" disguised as "Alberta"

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Recently, I took a trip up north, which encompassed three railtours. Here are a few pictures from it.

62005 stands at Fort William, ready to take The Jacobite.

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Having seen "Holidays Unwrapped, Part 2", I think this sums up my thoughts on it quite well.

(From the episode "Competition Time")

As Over Land and Sea features teams who are no longer in the Premier League (such as Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic) and European sides (owing to the Champions League featuring heavily), and is written on Google Docs before being posted onward, I'm now getting football scores from Portugal being sent to my phone.

Meanwhile, in Britain, we've had some snow. Not just up north, but down south too, including in Winchester where I live.

So the next round of the FA Cup was drawn yesterday.

Aaaaand Chelsea got Manchester United.

Still, you can't win the cup without beating the big sides, and we haven't lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup since 1999.

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The 4th round of the FA Cup has been played (well, almost, as there's still one match to go), and it hasn't disappointed in terms of excitement.

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