Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Calder, is Thursday the 15th of August.

And if I may, a very happy birthday to my wonderful twin sisters, Penny and Sarah.

That's not important right now if you are heading, like so many Taylor Swift fans,

for Wembley for the ERAs tour. Yes, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday,

there are going to be hundreds of thousands of people going there. And I thought I should

actually take the opportunity of offering some advice on how to get there.

Of course, Wembley Stadium and the surrounding area very well used to handling tens of thousands of spectators for big events.

I was there on Saturday for the community shield between Manchester City and Man United, 760

City on penalties of course. So I do know a thing or two about getting there. Please don't

drive. It's going to be slow and stressful and if you get there in your car, then you're still

got to park the thing. Stadium parking, very expensive, only if you have a blue

badge should you attempt it. You could go by bus. Loads of buses go there. I think they will be

caught up in traffic. As a cyclist, there is bicycle parking on the northeast side of the stadium.

But for the vast majority of fans, of course, the best way to reach the stadium

is going to be by London Underground or by rail. So the obvious place to come in and the most

popular one is Wembley Park. That's the Jubilee line every few minutes from Stratford in East

London through the centre,

London Bridge, Waterloo, Westminster, Green Park, Bond Street, where by the way you can change

for the Elizabeth Line and Baker Street before continuing to Wembley Park.

You've also got coming in from London and most people I think will be doing that the line from Baker Street with some

metropolitan line trains starting back from Allgate Liverpool Street and Kings Cross. Less frequent

but faster. And if you're travelling in the opposite direction, Watford, Cheshem, Amershoun,

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