UK & IRELAND BRITISH PULLMAN DESTINATIONS The plot


Katie McGonagle plays detective on board Belmond’s British Pullman


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here’s a murderer in our midst, and it’s up to us to


root out the culprit. Channelling the razor-sharp wits of Miss Marple and the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, this one-day train journey feels more like a voyage into the pages of an Agatha Christie novel than a simple jaunt through the Kent countryside. Of course, the fact that


we’re grilling suspects over a magnificent five-course meal in a plush art deco train carriage should have been the first clue that this is no ordinary mystery. Belmond’s vintage train the British Pullman runs a series of classy day trips including this Murder Mystery Lunch, alongside visits to Bath, Canterbury and York; to sporting events such as the Grand National or Goodwood; and, new this year, pop-up dinners prepared by celebrity chefs such as Aldo Zilli, Tom Kerridge and James Martin. These days out don’t come


cheap, but we were on board with a passenger celebrating his 21st birthday and a couple who had always wanted to try a vintage train journey and finally decided to give it a go, proving there is plenty of scope to sell these for special occasions or as an extra escape for well- heeled clients.


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