Today marks an exciting – not forgetting long and tiring – day for our PR team as they head up to a very beautiful part of the country – Cumbria – for the Community Rail Awards.

The event takes place in Carlisle so getting up there from Luton will probably feel like a never ending journey – particularly for the designated driver – but it will be worth it to meet up with our friends from DLR and see if we can nab an award to add to our growing collection.

You can follow our progress live on this site as the team will be tweeting hourly updates on everything from the motorway traffic, quality of food, style of speeches and best dance moves. A full report with pictures will follow next week.

Good luck PR team – and let’s hope Saturday morning isn’t too painful!