Yesterday I had a day off and went to Saffron Walden for a visit to the Fry Gallery to look at the Edward Bawden pictures.
This meant getting to Tottenham Hale to get the Cambridge train (two trains an hour), getting off at Audley End. At first sight the list of buses on the poster at the bus stop at the station looked very promising. However, looking more closely, most of the buses run very infrequenhtly eg only Tuesdays, or only during the school term. So I suppose it was lucky I had only a 25 minute wait. It was a large mini bus I caught with a cheerful, friendly driver, which was nice.
After visiting the gallery and 3 charity shops, not finding a vegetarian cafe (I'm vegan) or a pub that would do basic pub food (so I could have something like chips) I then waited for a bus back to the station. There was a bus that ran once a day during school term, but that didn't turn up. The once-an-hour bus turned up 10 minutes late so I waited 50 minutes for the bus and just missed a train.
It took me 2 1/2 hours to get there and 2 3/4 hours to get back.
I enjoyed my day off, but am glad that I can get round London so easily and don't need a car.
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