M1
Sunday I discovered Castle Howard closes on the 6th of November so we drop everything and head ‘Up North’… I really want to see Castle Howard, the setting for Brideshead Revisited. The M1 is three lanes of heavy traffic heading North as well as 3 lanes of heavy traffic heading South… it takes me a while to realize it’s the end of Mid Term Break and school is back tomorrow. Driving is difficult as it begins to rain and with the speed everyone is going a fine fog like mist covers the road.
We decide it’s time for morning tea and are not… no way… never… going to go into one of those roadside-rip-off-rest-stops so take the signs into Rugby and look out for a nice little English Tea House… NOPE!! Nothing is open so we drive past Rugby College with our mouths open at the sight of the beautiful buildings but head straight back to the M1 and forget about morning tea. Lunchtime arrives and we’re sure there will be a wonderful pub in Stafford so once again get off the M1… NOPE!! Pubs are open but none of them do lunch… we are beginning to wonder if it’s just us and our lack of knowledge at not being able to find that cosy little pub serving the typical English Lunch! Back on the M1 and the decision is now to try a roadside-rip-off-rest-stop.
We order our hot meals and sit down… mine is chicken and not edible, David devours his ‘All Day Fried Breakfast’ with relish then reads a sign that says if not entirely satisfied your money back and that is just what he does… he takes my meal back and we not only get our money back for the inedible chicken we get our whole bill back which totals over $15… and I buy a Snickers Bar J
The Exit to Leyland is coming up so we dive off just in case we can spot any sign of the factory that built the bus David is restoring in our Garage at 333 and yes there is not only parts of the factory left there is a wonderful museum in the Leyland Bus Body Final Inspection Department full of not only Leyland vehicles but every other make as well… so we spent the better part of two hours pottering about.
Here is a photo of a Leyland Steam Lawn Mower and a Tilling Stevens Petrol - Electric Bus.
We decide it’s time for morning tea and are not… no way… never… going to go into one of those roadside-rip-off-rest-stops so take the signs into Rugby and look out for a nice little English Tea House… NOPE!! Nothing is open so we drive past Rugby College with our mouths open at the sight of the beautiful buildings but head straight back to the M1 and forget about morning tea. Lunchtime arrives and we’re sure there will be a wonderful pub in Stafford so once again get off the M1… NOPE!! Pubs are open but none of them do lunch… we are beginning to wonder if it’s just us and our lack of knowledge at not being able to find that cosy little pub serving the typical English Lunch! Back on the M1 and the decision is now to try a roadside-rip-off-rest-stop.
We order our hot meals and sit down… mine is chicken and not edible, David devours his ‘All Day Fried Breakfast’ with relish then reads a sign that says if not entirely satisfied your money back and that is just what he does… he takes my meal back and we not only get our money back for the inedible chicken we get our whole bill back which totals over $15… and I buy a Snickers Bar J
The Exit to Leyland is coming up so we dive off just in case we can spot any sign of the factory that built the bus David is restoring in our Garage at 333 and yes there is not only parts of the factory left there is a wonderful museum in the Leyland Bus Body Final Inspection Department full of not only Leyland vehicles but every other make as well… so we spent the better part of two hours pottering about.
Here is a photo of a Leyland Steam Lawn Mower and a Tilling Stevens Petrol - Electric Bus.
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