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Back up to: Great British Railway Journeys

1. Ballina to Westport

   15/15 On the last leg of the journey, a seaweed bath is followed by a steamy scene in Ballina.
2. Dromod to Sligo

   14/15 Michael Portillo learns how the Emerald Isle inspired the poet WB Yeats.
3. Navan to Mullingar

   13/15 Michael Portillo gets up to speed with modern archaeology in County Meath.
4. Greystones to Dublin

   12/15 At Trinity College, Dublin, Michael Portillo discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures
5. Wexford to Wicklow

   11/15 Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland.
6. Stowmarket to Harwich

   10/15 Michael meets volunteers on the Mid-Suffolk Light railway and drives The Middy.
7. Gainsborough to Ely

   9/15 Michael learns about an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping forever.
8. Chapeltown to Doncaster

   8/15 Michael follows in the footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport
9. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common

   7/15 Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory.
10. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria

    6/15 Michael unveils a new monument to 87 railwaymen who lost their lives in the Great War.
11. Longniddry to Edinburgh

    5/15 Michael discovers the history of body snatchers and murderers who contributed to science.
12. Darlington to Dunbar

    4/15 Michael heads up the East Coast Main Line, testing a state-of-the-art train on the way.
13. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton

    3/15 Tracing the path of the Flying Scotsman, Michael heads to Stockton-on-Tees.
14. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough

    2/15 Michael heads north from London, and in Bedfordshire he gets to drive a 'locomobile'.
15. The Flying Scotsman

    1/15 Michael departs London before dawn on the famous Flying Scotsman.