Travelling: Advice for train journeys

On Monday 9th October, I travelled to Peterborough with my Mum for a concert. Mum's favourite singer is Shane Filan from Westlife so we decided to get tickets for her birthday.

Here are my tips for travelling on trains:

1. Book in advance - booking online through comparison sites causes less stress and can allow you to find the cheapest tickets. ALWAYS ask people to move out of your reserved seats because you won't find another one, especially if, like me, you booked forward-facing seats because you can't travel backwards. Also because some of the other trains got cancelled on the way home and those passengers had to come on our train...
2. Pack lightly - Mum bought herself a rucksack similar to this one and I took an old suitcase. Mum only needed her purse, phone, iPad, chargers, clothes and toiletries. I needed the same plus my MacBook Pro and study books as my OU course started on 7th October. I ended up buying a new suitcase from Matalan because the old one just wasn't working and Mum needed to empty her rucksack because it gave her bad back pains after a while (She'd overfilled it with clothes!)
3. Remember headphones - I study with music and travelling to Peterborough takes around 1 hour 30 minutes which a good length for a study session. Mum and I both bought Bluetooth headphones which just need to be charged up beforehand and last up to 8 hours. It would have been a good study session had we sat in our reserved table seats... I fell asleep on the journey home because I had terrible toothache!! and I just didn't have the proper space to study because of the overcrowded train.

That's it for now!

Kazia x