Thread: Toymaker at large.....

Now that is a true english "escape to the country"

We stopped at Grasmere for lunch.....

Saw the Wordsworth Memorial Gardens....

Lots of lovely little shops for the tourist.....nearly bought the t-shirt.....

Saw some beautifully carved woodwork...

Met a bunch of school kids on a 3 day bush walk through the hills of the lake country....


BUT BEST OF ALL... I got to spent a penny in a Gold Awarded Loo... It cost me nearly A$0.50; YES, pay toilets in UK

Originally Posted by crowie

More beautiful country side and farm houses as we turned off the motorway to a minor road again....

The time sitting in the bus was so much better with some country scenery rather than large earthen banks lined with trees on the motorways...

Yes, you have to get off the motorways and on to the minor roads to see England. The motorways are good for getting from point A to point B in a hurry (sometimes) but you do not see anything.

Adelaide had pay toilets when I was a kid. I remember them.

Love the carving

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

The Scot's lament
Here I sit broken hearted paid a penny and only farted.

Originally Posted by crowie

Heading south from Greta Green we headed west at Penrith....

YES, it caught me by surprize as we have a Penrith at the bottom of the Blue Mountains....

More beautiful country side and farm houses as we turned off the motorway to a minor road again....

The time sitting in the bus was so much better with some country scenery rather than large earthen banks lined with trees on the motorways...

Hey Crowie

Are they old railway carriages - second photo from the bottom ?

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Hey Crowie

Are they old railway carriages - second photo from the bottom ?

Regards

Keith

That's what they looked like to me Keith and thus the photo...They actually looked like someones home.
I was quite proud of that one through the moving buses window...Something I wouldn't see back home..Peter

Originally Posted by crowie

That's what they looked like to me Keith and thus the photo...They actually looked like someones home.
I was quite proud of that one through the moving buses window...Something I wouldn't see back home..Peter

A bit like the old Titfield Thunderbolt movie where the old loco driver lived in a very old carriage ! (Everything is old in that movie)

Thanks for sharing,

Keith

From Grasmere it was onto Chester in Wales for an all to brief walking tour in the drizzle.....only 2-2.5hrs.....

The old city wall, Roman ruins and Tudor building along with the home of Charles Wesley.....

BUT with sure a very short stop plus the light rain, it made it difficult to have a good look around....
Just snap as many photos as one could while the tour guide pointed out the historical parts of the city....

And back on the bus, but oh, only of course, after a "pitstop" in the free toilets.....something the tour guide was always able to assist with were available.........

Crowie,

Are they old Methodist churches - as Wesley was one of the Methodist founders ?

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Crowie,

Are they old Methodist churches - as Wesley was one of the Methodist founders ?

Keith

G'day Keith,
Only one photo of a church in the lot from Chester.
Due to the rain & rush, we only had the John Wesley church pointed out to us as we scampered by it.
It would have been interesting to spend some extra time there especially with the rain..
Cheers Peter

That is the only problem with coach trips not enough time to stop and look. We went on a coach tour of Germany and went out daily from a central hotel even though they where to two places a day there was never enough time to see everything you would have liked to.
I love the old timber framed building they have so much character luckily for me I can just go into town and see some if I wanted.

And on to Strathford upon Avon - something special...

YES - a beautiful canal town, with Shakespeare, a Fancy Blue 3 Wheel Car, something for the Dr Who fans & shop dedicated to us Old Guys.....

It was pretty special to see the canal boat travel through the loch.....

Looks good Peter and brings back memories the last picture of the canal barges that is I spent 2 weeks on one very much like the green on in the middle that was 72ft long. jumping off and operating the locks while my late departed father steered it in(I was the fitter one then). I also spent quite a bit of time either steering or fishing when we were moored up. So peaceful no rushing about as it was a nice slow steady pace.