Dundee - jute, jam and journalism
To Dundee by train for a day out with a difference. The difference was, most of it was spent on the train. Much as I love train travel, five and a half hours to get somewhere only to spend two hours there before a four hour journey back wasn't an equation I was happy with. But listen to me! Moaning on! The journey might have been too long for a day trip, but we travelled in 1970s-style British Rail carriages so it wasn't cramped. And it did pass some beautiful scenery, taking in a ride across the rail bridge of the Firth of Forth and the Tay Bridge too. Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. And then to Dundee - the city of jute, jam and journalism . Sadly the first 20 minutes were spent gaining my land-legs as I was feeling somewhat discombobulated after such a long journey on the train. We knew we only had two hours to explore Dundee before the train left for the return journey. So it was straight to see the DC Thomson's comic character statue...