But that would have meant an arduous trip by sea, train and probably air east to the United Arab Emirates - in the wrong direction - before flying back across Europe and the Atlantic to Barbados.

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Only a year after the Tay Bridge was completed, it collapsed during a storm while a passenger train carrying an estimated 75 people was crossing, plunging the train into the sea below and killing all on board.

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To opt-out of the drive and catch panoramic views of the scenery, the Sea-to-Sky Climb train travels the same route in three hours.

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It follows that the stronger the links of the chain are, the faster the pitch, which has led to a sea change in the way pitchers train.

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We plan to start a postgraduate student chapter and to train young scientists at sea in order to create a new generation of highly motivated marine scientists.

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On the steamless alternative, the train winds instead through the countryside of Kent to Whitstable and the sea before returning home.

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