Comments on: Guess who’s coming to Britain?

By: Airminded · Web log beg: travel — 2

Airminded · Web log beg: travel — 2 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:26:25 +0000

[...] time I did this, it worked very well, so I’m going to try it again! As mentioned recently, I’m going to holiday in the UK for three weeks in September. I’ve pretty much done [...]

By: JDK

JDK — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:47:46 +0000

Duxford. As you are going to be doing a lot of walking n the base, I’d say the best is fast train to Cambridge and shuttle bus from there to Duxford. The Whittlesford option is a good second, although I’ve never tried a comparative timing!

How to from DX: http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.619

By: Lester

Lester — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:50:37 +0000

Glad if it’s of help. It does make for a bit of a long day though, start early.

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:03:59 +0000

Very nice! Thanks for that — I suspect I’ll be giving it a try.

By: Lester

Lester — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:03:24 +0000

Interesting: do you have enough English fans to deliver a knockout blow? Or can Brett take it?

Last time I went, I took the slow train to Whittlesford Parkway (start at Liverpool St or Tottenham Hale) and walked it. You can trudge along the A505, which is grim, or take a detour and turn it into a pretty pleasant 3/4hr stroll.

(Although unfortunately there’s a bit of a frustrating detour and still half an airbase-length of horrible A505 at the end. Even then it takes slightly less time than the bus from Cambridge, and at least you’re in the fresh air. Also, on the detour, you get to see the various fates of parts of the station – like the mess – that aren’t in the museum)

Let me know if
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
100843235703997675707.00046cecb4b07040291f8
shows you a route…

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:35:59 +0000

I think I’ll be okay if I pace myself :)

No car. I think I heard something about taking a train to somewhere closer than Cambridge, and a shuttle bus from there?

By: Lester

Lester — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:45 +0000

I’d like to add my name to the list of those clamouring to buy you beer. At this rate, you may not be allowed to remain sober enough to look at aeroplanes, although Duxford is wonderful and well worth it.

(Will you have a car here? It’s a bit of a pain to get to from London without, although I do have an alternative route which I find nicer than the slow bus from Cambridge, let me know if this is relevant to you)

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:57:42 +0000

It seems there will be beer! Quite possibly at an airminded pub meetup.

Simon, yes, I did Hendon last time. But not Duxford, so that will almost certainly be on the itinerary.

By: Simon Bradshaw

Simon Bradshaw — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:50:54 +0000

I firmly second proposals for Beer.

Any plans for visiting particular sites of interest (Hendon, Duxford etc?), or have you done them all already?

By: Jakob

Jakob — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:15:55 +0000

Cool and flavourful beer, not warm! I can’t speak to the ‘death by’ part…