I decided to try taking the bus to Canterbury today instead
of using the car, the return fare is
£6.40, the round trip is about 35 miles and the park and ride costs £3
so if your car will do 35 miles for £3.40 (about 50 mpg) or less it’s cheaper
to drive there even if you are travelling alone.
Time wise it takes about half an hour to drive from Ramsgate
to the Canterbury park and ride and then at least a quarter of an hour to do
the park and ride, so there isn’t anything much in it.
Interestingly to me, anyway, if you follow the info on the
bus company website to the letter, you wind up waiting for the bus in Leopold
Street looking at the back of some pretty angry architecture, some industrial
rubbish bins and where you inhale the dulcet scent of the multistory carpark.
The alternative option, not so well advertised is to wait for the Canterbury
bus from the harbour. I started to sketch the old bank building now Pizza
Express from the seat by the stop and the bus as there in no time.
Going the bus was filled with poor people, young people, old
people and someone with serious substance abuse problems. I drew the inside of
the bus and wrote a chunk of this post on my tablet.
Coming back the bus was filled with poor people, young
people and old people. I drew this picture, which I have loosely titled the oap
bus pass adventure.
I went to La Trappiste and did some more to the painting of
Canterbury from there.
Went to have a close look at what I was painting and
discovered that the lamppost in the picture actually finishes on the pavement
in a completely different place to where I thought it did.
I had a bit of a meander around the cathedral, looked in few
shops and then went back to La Trappiste where I murdered a cuppa and had a
late lunch.
The rest of the photos.
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