Northern Christmas spirit – choice of York or Harrogate

A choice of York or Harrogate is the option for Pathfinder Tours' ‘The Northern Star' booked to run on Saturday November 20. Haulage will be a DB Cargo Class 67, using Riviera Trains' Eastleigh-based Mk.1 set. Starting at Salisbury, pick-ups are stations to Leamington Spa. While York's attractions are well known, those at Harrogate are perhaps not so familiar but for those not indulging in the dining option (£269), the compiler can thoroughly recommend his home town's Betty's tea room which is renowned throughout Yorkshire and which is patronised by England's football manager, Gareth Southgate, who lives nearby.

Steve Knight/Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) A DB Cargo Class 67 is booked to power Pathfinder's ‘The Northern Star' from Salisbury to Harrogate and York on November 20. Here DBC's No. 67004 works the outward leg of the Belmond British Pullman from London Victoria to Gillingham on December 12, 2018.