Retford High Level: UK Railtours' return excursion from Cleethorpes to Finsbury Park, making a signal stop at Retford High Level, looking south, at 19.02 on Saturday, 25th October 2025. As with St. Neots, where this excursion train called to pick up passengers in the morning, this is the first time in all my years of travelling on the ECML, to and from holidays in Newcastle or Edinburgh, that I have been on a train that called at Retford, even if only for a signal stop.

Inverness Airport [Station]: On a dull November day in 2025, 158728 is about to call at Inverness Airport station with the 12.36 from Elgin to Inverness. The station itself opened in February 2023.

Buchlyvie Junction: Looking east at Buchlyvie Junction with the Aberfoyle line to the left and Stirling line to the right.

Mgaar: Two of the four strong Gozo Channel Line fleet, MVs 'Malita' and 'Gaudos', are seen from a passing tourist boat at the landing stages at Mgaar, the ferry port for the Maltese island of Gozo. These two vessels and the 'Ta Pinu', each weighing round 4800 tonnes, have a separate bridge at each end of the vessel. They help to maintain a, round the clock, frequent interval service between Gozo and Malta. Frequent at busier times means a fifteen minute interval!