Another convergence game and this week only Charlie and me (no Matt). Train from Whitchurch in glorious early morning sunshine. A change at Crewe then on to Lancaster for the final change. By now the sky is cloudy and grey and the wind has picked up. Lovely train ride across the southern Cumbrian coastline including across the sea at Grange Over Sands. Everything spot on time meaning we were at Holker Street more than an hour before the lounge opened. But there was a bar and we had a Guinness and watched the early (Championship) footy on the big TV. Then into the main building only to find we were still too early so now into the inside bar for a Coors. Eventually got into the Fred Else suite (a small room of about six table of six). Nice people with us so lots of footy chat as we ate very excellent food (duo of pork) and I drank lots of ''free'' wine. The match itself wasn''t great and the home team were outplayed for most of it meaning the result was not unexpected. I fear Barrow are going to struggle badly this season. Then it was back into the lounge for a swifty before heading back to the station. The change at Lancaster was serendipity itself as Charlie (gold spotter''s badge !!) noticed what looked like a pub on the opposite platform. Hallelujah !! It was a Lancaster Brewery tap. A pint of red and a couple of bottles of blonde to take away and we were made. The journey back to Crewe passed in a flash. Uber home and big smiles all round at the end of another excellent day out. Barrow the first time Saturday 2nd September 2017 National League Versus Boreham Wood Score 2-1 Attendance 1,159 My first solo National League game. Train from Crewe via Lancaster to Barrow in Furness on a beautiful sunny day. The journey from Lancaster was really picturesque across the sands at Grange Over Sands and beyond. Lovely. A short 20 minutes walk to the ground via a leisurely pint in the Ambrose Hotel and then a swift JD in the clubhouse bar before taking my place in the stand. Everybody very friendly and pleasant and a surprising and very pleasant absence of foul language in the stand. The pitch also gets a mention for being literally like a bowling green. Never seen anything like it even at Wembley. Game very robust but some good football and genuinely entertaining. Back on the trains - both just about on time and then trouble getting out of the Crewe station car park as the machine wouldn''t take credit cards or old pound coins or one of my new pound coins. Made it eventually and home before 9. Happy happy day.