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These days with universal fitting pannier racks and mudguards you dont even need to narrow your search down to bikes with eyelets and rack fixing points. Even less so if you are only going to do light touring.
DONT get a galaxy, there is nothing remotely sporty about them and there are similar & oft far better bikes from the same era for a lot less money... Revel Romany, British Eagle touristique, Orbit all touring bikes at least the equal of a galaxy. Then step up to Nigel Dean's, Hewitts etc Raleigh Randonneur was a great bike but more for loaded touring tbh.
If you can find yourself a 531C frame in your size then I'd say go for it and build up, most of them had eyelets for mudguards at least and they are livelier than bog standard 531/531ST or 631 which is an out & out touring tube.