Yes, both sides of the estuary! It was a TPE half-price sale offer, which we’d spotted back in January – and planned for a date when the daylight hours would be reasonably long. Quite the round trip too! From Crewe, we travelled to Manchester, for a TransPennine Express service to Hull, via Leeds. A bus ride from Hull took us across the Humber Bridge to Barton-on-Humber, for a quick walk to the shore at Barton Haven. There’s just time to walk the half mile or so for a few quick photos, and back to the railway station for our train to Cleethorpes.

What does one do in Cleethorpes? Fish and chips, of course, and excellent they were too! One or two more photos, then a slightly earlier train back to Grimsby, where our TPE Cleethorpes to Liverpool train would pick us up and take us back to Stockport – nicely in time for our intended train back to Crewe. A great day out – all the trains on time, everything gone precisely to plan!