Up and checkout again, 295 UKP for three days with food and beer seemed good value. I am sure that Dad would not agree though. Had a nice drive over to Anglesea Abbey, which is a NT property. It has a working water mill but due to lack of staff it was closed. This was a big disappointment for me as I would have liked to see it working. The house was originally an Abby but was converted, like so many of them, into a private house after the disillusion. It was an interesting mix of old and new. The family was into clocks and horses. I saw some of the clocks that it is quite famous for but Gemma says I missed the best ones in a side room. This was another example of how Gemma and I go around at different rates and sometimes feel we have visited different properties.
Then across to Duxford. There have been two more halls completed since I was last there. The land systems hall and the American hall. All the halls were very interesting but the land systems hall was by far the best. Strange that it should be so in a place known for it's planes.
The site is over 2km long now is is starting to need an internal transport system, a tram would be nice, it would also be part of the museum. Food was expensive and impressive but what would you expect in a place like this. It wad surprisingly had to fine some first for dads birthday in the shop. Lots of interesting things but nothing that really caught me. In the end I bought him some DVD and a bottle of WW2 style Sarsaparilla.
Then on to our Travel Lodge. Easy to find again but a bit tired but better than Portsmouth. Then into Cambridge, where the signposts scored a megafail! Even with the GPS it was hard to sort things out. Almost went up a bus only lane. We ended up having dinner in a GBK (Gourmet burger kitchen) which is a chain started by three kiwi! Nice enough a bit Burger Fuel like.
We then went for a walk about town, but we can't find a working lloyds ATM, we can see some but they are locked in lobbies not available, very frustrating!
On the way back as I climbed over a low rail fence the rail unexpectedly rotated and I almost converted myself into a eunuch. Ouch! Gemma thought it was very funny bless her!
Perhaps it was pay back for making her walk about Duxford for hours as you can see in this photo.
But Tanks and stuff!
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