Jack Eadie

ALT View of cable car pylon with Tiranë in the background, green hills in the foreground

ALT Dense lush greenery below a cable car route with a misty Tiranë just about visible in the far distance behind the hills

ALT View (or lack thereof) from the top of Dajti The wooden corner railing of the viewpoint visible with some immediate shrubbery then just the misty abyss

ALT Communist era mural on the side of the National Historical Museum on Skanderbeg Square in Tiranë

ALT 18th century stone pedestrian bridge in Tiranë city centre

ALT Mosque of Namazgah, Tiranë

ALT Statue of Skanderbeg on a horse in Skanderbeg Square

ALT Town square in Dürres lined with fountains and palm trees with a mosque slightly up a hill behind

ALT Remains of a Roman amphitheater in Durrës, Albania

ALT The coastal front at Durrës, pedestrianised and lined with palm trees and grassy spaces

ALT Large blocky tower, part of the remains of Durrës Castle

ALT 2 bed private cabin with window on Adria Ferries from Bari to Durrës

ALT AF MIA docked in Bari Port at night

ALT AF MIA docked in Durrës Port at 8am

ALT Welcome to Albania sign flanked by two Albania flags above the entrance to Durrës Port before passport control

ALT Interior of 1st class on the Trenitalia InterCity train to Bari Centrale Laid out in a 2+1 configuration of tables of 2 and 4 with a smaller number of solo / pair seats

ALT A flag lined street in Bari, with most country flags globally, including Cymru, Kazakhstan, Macedonia and Bosnia Tall buildings flank the narrow street which in in the charming old town

ALT Castello Svevo di Bari A large castellated structure which sits between the port and the old town

ALT Bari Centrale station sign

ALT Large amphitheater in the ruins of Pompeii, with the stands now invaded by grass and the centre available for tourists to wander in and take photos

ALT Ruins of houses and buildings in Pompeii in an area where you can view from above due to a suspended viewing structure

ALT Ancient ruins of Pompeii showing partially destroyed columns with Vesuvius looming in the skyline behind

ALT Ruins of a bakery in Pompeii with bread ovens visible

ALT Interior of one of the older circumvesuviana trains, with plastic seats similar to what you’d find in a primary school fixed to the ground, the door is open showing a busy platform

ALT Terminal platforms at Napoli Porta Nolana, with two trains occupying platforms and an empty platform in the centre of the photo

ALT An old and graffiti covered train on the Circumvesuviana

ALT One of the marginally nicer more modern trains pulling into Napoli Porta Garibaldi

ALT An ornate boarding school on one edge of the Piazza Dante, featuring a central clock tower entrance and sides which slightly wrap around the curved ends of the Piazza

ALT Funicular in Napoli which runs from Montesanto up to Morghen

ALT View of Napoli with Mount Vesuvius in the background

ALT View of Napoli bay with Mount Vesuvius in the background, the port area visible on the coast and a single palm tree in the foreground

ALT Crowds and queue fencing in Vatican City with the Sistine chapel and Saint Peter’s Basilica in the background

ALT Frecciarossa 1000 at Napoli Centrale with a service to Milano Centrale via Roma Termini

ALT Interior of Prima class on Trenitalia Frecciarossa 1000

ALT Italo ETR 675 “EVO” train at Roma Termini with a service from Venice to Napoli Centrale

ALT Roma Termini station sign

ALT Spanish steps flooded with tourists in Rome, Italy

ALT The ornate Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy

ALT Roman ruins near to the Colosseum in Rome

ALT Colosseum, Rome, Italy

ALT Exterior of the very grand Torino Porta Nuova station just before sunset

ALT Locomotive on the front of the 2155 Torino Porta Nuova to Salerno ICN sleeper service

ALT Breakfast onboard the sleeper, croissant with Nutella or jam, along with some bread based snacks and juice, tea or coffee

ALT Sleeper cabin on board the Trenitalia ICN service, a single bed folded down with pillow in packaging. Toiletry kit and 2 bottles of water. A private sink is found under the table and a sheet to mark off desired breakfast options

ALT A tram passes between two blocks of buildings in rainy Torino

ALT Ornate statue and fountain in Piazza Statuto, Torino

ALT A 2 car tram in piazza castello

ALT Large open space surrounded with ornate Italian architecture in Piazza San Carlo, Torino

ALT ScotRail 5-coach HST set sitting in platform 2 at Inverness station

ALT GBRf liveried Class 92028 waits for departure from Glasgow Central to London Euston on a Caledonian sleeper service

ALT TGV at Paris Gare de Lyon platform 15 awaiting delayed departure to Milano Porta Garibaldi

ALT Torino Porta Susa station sign

ALT Thurso beach, today rather windswept, overlooking the North Atlantic

ALT Thurso station sign on the single platform

ALT St Peter’s and St Andrew’s Church photographed from the bridge over river thurso

ALT River Thurso with a stony island in the middle flanked by two flows, seen from the road bridge

ALT Avanti 390119 “Progress” in a PRIDE livery, my train from Preston to Carlisle where I stopped for some tea

ALT Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station at 01:00am

ALT The entrance to Inverness railway station at around 05:15am, the early daylight showing

ALT My next train. The 0700 Inverness to Thurso, showing on the board with 3 pages of rural calling points. The board next to it shows LNER’s 0755 to Northallerton, which is cut short from the usual London due to planned engineering works

ALT Segnas station, a request stop a few stops out from Disentis. The station has a wooden shelter with a glass door. A station sign reads “Segnas” above the door with red and white “Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn” branding, the operator of this line.

ALT Acla da Fontauna station, a request stop and the next stop after Disentis, where MGB and RhätischeBahn meet. The station has a wooden shelter with a glass door. A station sign reads “Acla da Fontauna” above the door with red and white “Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn” branding, the operator of this line.

ALT Nätschen station with a Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn train departing the platform towards Andermatt This station is just under 2000m altitude, snowy mountains can be seen dominating the background and skiers milling around on and near the platform

ALT A red Rhätische train, formed of a mix of modern Stadler Capricorn unit and older loco hauled carriages, crosses a large viaduct in the background. In the foreground a lower viaduct is crossing the road, surrounded with snow piles

ALT A red RhätischeBahn train crossing a high viaduct over a road which has been cleared of snow. A metre of snow flanks the road on one side with a barrier installed on the other. A large icicle formation hanging from the underside of one of the bridge’s arches

ALT a very snow covered path, not fully clear where the path ends and the ground starts, surrounded by snow and green alpine trees with mountains in the background

ALT A RhätischeBahn train hauled by a locomotive sits at Preda station waiting departure into the Albula tunnel towards St. Moritz Preda station sign fixed on a metal pole on the left side of the photo

ALT Rheinfall with the railway bridge in the background and Schloss Laufen perched above the falls on a rock, a church spire to the right hand side of the Schloss

ALT View of the top of the falls from a path alongside the railway line atop the bridge, the sun shining down low in the sky with a darkened Schloss Laufen sitting above the tunnel the tracks disappear into

ALT View of the falls from the Schloss Laufen side of the Rhein.

ALT An SBB S-Bahn service approaching “Schloss Laufen im Rheinfall” station, a service to Schaffhausen