A lament for spontaneity in train travel | Natalie Haynes

The blogger who flew from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin to save on the rail fare was behaving logically. Trains are as much hassle as planes and can be more expensiveThere are only two things British people like more than a bargain: a plucky underdog, and an opportunity to complain about our bloody awful trains. So it’s no surprise that Jordon Cox – the bespectacled blogger who flew to Essex from Sheffield (via Berlin) apparently saving £7.72 on the cost of a train ticket &ndas