Paul StenhouseSTORIES & ADVENTURES
03 / THE FIRST DETOURFROM EDINBURGH, WITH A TICKET TO YORK

NEXT STOP: UNEXPECTED

The train set off.
Then the plan fell apart.

Toby had an address, a destination, and a perfectly sensible way of getting there. For a while, the countryside slipped past just as expected.

And then came an announcement.

Toby looks from a train window as green countryside stretches into the distance

THE OPENING MILES

Three moments. One broken plan.

01 / A LETTER

An invitation to York.

After years of letters, Toby decides it's time to visit his uncle.

02 / A TRAIN

The journey begins.

He boards the train with his suitcase and an uncomplicated plan.

03 / A PROBLEM

Now what?

An unexpected interruption leaves Toby a long way from where he means to be.

Toby stands with his suitcase at Thirsk station under a dramatic sky

THE UNEXPECTED STOP

The train can't go on.
Can Toby?

York is still ahead of him. The train isn't going any farther. And nobody gave Toby a new plan.

So what does a boy with a suitcase do next?

Find out more about the book

The rest of Toby’s journey is waiting inside the book.