Very brief history
While chatting with friends in 2020 the conversation touched on unusual tours. This reminded me of some unusual rail tours I tried, some years ago, just to see if they were feasible. These were all "steel wheel on steel rail" so included Underground, DLR and Tram as well as British Rail. One, for example, was to travel into or out of all the London termini, another was to circumnavigate London on a zone 2-6 travelpass. That was 20 years ago, but it did get me thinking, once again, about the UK rail network... How far could I travel in a week? In two weeks? Exclude anything repetitive like London to Inverness, returning by sleeper, seven times. How long it would take to circumnavigate mainland UK? Happily the current All Line Rover covers the entire UK, with a few minor exceptions, for 7 or 14 days. So, how far can you travel by Network Rail in 14 days?