Saturday, October 20, 2018

10th August 2018 Cambridge to Haverhill on Top of a Double Decker Bus

Hi Dear Folk,

Would you like to ride at the top, at the front of a double decker bus?  A great thing to do, because you have such a good view.  My trip back to Haverhill from Cambridge and yes it is the same day.  This is typical weather change when you live on an island.


I took a series of photos of this Miata being escorted off the road by two police vans.  I took these photos for my son, as he has a Miata and that colour.  He says he wants to post the photos on his Miata group.

I like comparing all sorts of things, from one country to another, I find this so interesting.  Road signs and markings, street lamps, different styles of houses, housing estates and on and on.


England is not just thatch cottages.




Because of the very hot summer everything had been harvested one month earlier.



The village of Linton.


I wanted to visit this pub, but never did get there.  They do a lovely Sunday dinner, and you can sit in the garden on the little river there.







This was the little village my mum and dad used to live in.


Not a very good photo, but this was my parents thatched cottage, which I loved.  I did not grow up here, but grew up in just as lovely a little cottage.



The big articulated lorries that ply the roads of the UK that come in from all over the Continent.


I'm sitting at the top and front of an identical bus, taking this photo.


Roundabout, I love round about or circles as they call them over here.  Give me a roundabout over a traffic light or a stop sign any day.




All the children walking home from school.



A mixture of Victorian and more modern houses.




Do like the effort and money that the local council puts into flowers and hanging baskets throughout town.


A new store in town Lidl and I just googled them and it seems they too are in the States.  Something similar in format to Aldi's.  They do have very good prices at Lidl's in the UK, wish they had a store around here.


Petrol/Gas is 1.33 pounds sterling per litre, 1 = 0.264 US gallons.


Some roundabouts are just painted on the road, but the principal is the same.  It keeps traffic flowing, not all this stopping and starting, don't get me started.


Note, free WiFi.  I hope you enjoyed your ride, it's time to get off now, and walk up the hill home.

Christine

3 comments:

  1. I enjoyed that journey! I love double deckers. I went all round the isle of Wight on them for free using my bus pass.

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  2. What great photos. It must have been fantastic to visit all these old familiar places again. It looks so english to me. Love the post!

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  3. A lovely tour. I used to love riding on the top of a double decker bus but these days I don't think I could get up/down whilst it was moving.

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