Nottingham to Skegness

Alexei Sayle takes another train journey and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers.

In this episode, he begins a new series of rail journeys with a trip from Nottingham to the seaside town of Skegness.

Among his many fellow travellers, he meets

* Leyla and Cecelia who are off to Skegness to spend an 80s weekend packed with bands from the golden era of their youth;

* Ashton, who has bought a caravan to live in and is working at a seaside bar

* Karen and Donna are seaside bound too as Karen is finally having her hen party after a 20 year engagement

* Rick and Dawn who are part of the army of volunteers who adopt railway stations and care for them

* Fabian, who is now at Nottingham University, leaving behind his small Lincolnshire home town and his childhood friends

* James, who tells Alexei that working on the railway changed his life.

Producers: Peter Lowe and Nick Symons

A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2024.