Today is my 11th birthday! I had a big surprise this morning \u2013 after I had opened my presents from family and friends my mum handed me another parcel. I couldn\u2019t believe it when I opened it up \u2013 it was a card and some fab merchandise from Virgin Trains. The card said there would be another surprise to come \u2013 how exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to Birmingham New Street for the day for my birthday treat. My parents took me train spotting, we bought a Midland Day Rover (these are great value for money as you can travel anywhere within a certain area but we found you can\u2019t travel to Rugby on this ticket). We even rode on the pods at Birmingham International! I travelled to Coventry and Rugby on a Virgin train (Class 390) and came back from Rugby on a London Midland train (now known as West Midlands Railways). Even better than that a friendly Virgin Trains driver \u2013 at Birmingham New Street \u2013 invited me to go inside a train cab and I was allowed to blow the horn. My first ever experience of going inside a real train cab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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