A journey to Ushaw College

I am a member of the Catholic Archive Society and they are having their annual conference at Ushaw College. I trained to be a priest at Ushaw, but it is now no longer a seminary. I have not been back to Ushaw for a number of years, so was looking forward to a return visit. More on that later

My journey began at Workington station. My route was Workington to Carlisle, then on to Newcastle via Hexham. I changed at Newcastle for a train to Durham and then a taxi to Ushaw. The journey was largley uneventful. My train from Workington to Carlisle actually went on to Newcastle  so no need to change trains. It did stop in Carlisle long enough for me to get a coffee. I had a short time on Newcastle station were I saw the unusual sight of two HST’s with no carriages!

 

On arrival at Ushaw I found my  room was in the West Wing, very comfy it is as well. All rooms are en suite – unlike college days!. We had our dinner in what  was the proffessors parlour.

A spledid meal it was and in good company. Tomorrow we get down to business.