Nottingham has a decent enough line to St Pancras. But anywhere else we might wish to go to regularly — Devon, the Borders — would have involved too many changes. With the hassle of train travel with a young family, and the relatively low cost of car travel, my primary mode of transport as a child was the back seat of a car. Usually with a boat pulled behind.

We’re very lucky having a local station in Leuchars that has direct trains to lots of interesting places. And two adults to cope with the paraphernalia associated with a single child.