(09 Aug 2015, 6:57 pm)aureolin wrote Closer to home, the obvious choices would be:
- Edinburgh
- York
- Leeds

All within 1h30m on the train, and you can tend to get cheap fares on the first two. I done York for about 30 quid, which would have been even cheaper, if I'd opted for a standard class ticket both ways. Edinburgh is costing me 36, which again, I could have done for less.

It's also entirely possible to do Edinburgh and Glasgow in a day. If you got advance singles between Darlington and Glasgow Central/Queen Street, although your Darlington-Edinburgh portions would be fixed trains, the Edinburgh-Glasgow section on ScotRail has no restrictions, and your tickets essentially act as an open return.

With Leeds, although the rail fares appear to be a bit more expensive, you can get a wymetro train/bus day rover, which covers the likes of Leeds, Castleford, Harrogate, Wakefield, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.

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I'm going to end up doing Edinburgh twice in September, as I fully intend to spend the Saturday of the Lothian open day up there.

I'd quite like to do these places, all being well I should be heading up to the Lothian Open Doors Day this year, although I am not sure how long to spend there - any suggestions for how long I should spend there? Will also have to decide whether to get the train from Darlington or Durham.

Anyone know when Lothian Open Doors Day is yet?