a blast from Eastbourne's past, erstwhile municipals providing a lionk to my curerent coverage of the Plymouth visit on Saturday. The roadwoprks going down were a real pain but once there the mild sunny weather was a trwat for us after the frozen north. Eastbourne's PD2s hing on with the councils preserved bus, this like the Regal still sawe service on morning rush hours long after regular use of the type had ceased.
The open top era provides a link to the older Atlanteans in the Eastbourne fleet which provided the first modern era deckers , the ex Ipswich buses a link to one of a handful of municipals left now and already under threat.
We stayed in Plymouth at the Inkeepers Lodge on the outskirts, there are actually 2 of them close together, great value at £30 a night including breakfast , certainly better than the filthy Travel Lodge chain and the depressing and variable Premier Inns. The Toby Carvery next door was very much as expected althouigh no long term illness resulted excepty a horrible taste in my mouth. A lot of people obviously enjoy such venues and lots of diners were not resident ( they actually wasted fuel getting there?) We had Sunday lunch at Dartington Hall, a baronial dining room amidst this spreadeagled centre for the arts which is just one factor why the village is so popular with evacuees from London.
I'm hoping that the next couple of days will remain fine and sunny and even provide a couple of lunch time forays with the camera. Jobs to do at home include putting the stones down in the greenhouse and tidying up the foam filler which should be ell hardened now. I need to run the electric out to the greenhouse and get ready for the seedlings, more frosty weather is coming through early spring. The crucus look great but daffs are still coming up, months later than past few years.
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