Yet more trips

Yet again I have been out and about. Some people will be saying "What Again!" and I'll say yes.

This time my trip took me up to the small market town of Wisbech in North Cambridgeshire.
Now normally to get there would only take a couple of hours in the car, but Friday night was a nightmare!
I had left work early as I had to pick up my new specks which meant that I was able to get a train half-an-hour earlier than I would normally. Once home I got changed had an quick evening meal washed up, packed the car and then filled it up with petrol, then we hit the road.
Initially the trip went really well with up getting up to Bishops Stortfold within half-an-hour but then everything went down the toilet as we hit the traffic jam caused by a 5 car pile up in the M11. So the only thing that we could do was to sit in the car and wait. As the accident had happened just before the A11 turnoff there was nowhere to go. In 2 hours we moved just 4 miles. The wife did all the chuntering (moaning) while we was sitting there going no-where. Let's say that she was "Not Impressed" anyway it was 10:30 before we properly stared to move and then it was stop start and we counted at lest 10 cars that had to be pushed onto the hard shoulder due to their engines overheating or breaking down. We got to my parents place for 12:30am!

In a way going to Wisbech is like going home as my mum was born there. My Grandfather was when my mum a child one of the many grounds people who worked for the council, and one of his jobs was to redesign the church yard and to design it into gardens to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which I was given the grand tour of.

When my mum was small Wisbech used to be in the county of Norfolk. She still feels that it's Norfolk rather than Cambridgeshire. It is also the Capital of the Fen's though the people of March would prefer to make the claim. In Pre history times Wisbech was on the coast, but over time the land has been claimed back from the sea. I have included here a weblink so you learn a lot more of the area: www.wisbech-town.co.uk
Rather than my rambelings! Also here is a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.prg/wiki/Wisbeck

So on the Saturday we went for a wander around town picking up some bits then in the afternoon spent the day at my parents place. They are not going to be living in Wisbeck for much longer as they are retiring next year and they want to live on the coast in North Wales.

Sunday consisted of yet another trip this time to the south eastern corner of Essex to the town of Braintree. Here I attach another Wiki link for you to peruse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Essex
It's interesting to see what the Wiki says about places and it a way when you refer to the Wiki it's like using the "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" as some of the entries can be wrong or out of date! So I would advise my readers to also check independent websites for further information.

Anyway the reason that we went to Braintree was so we could visit the wife's parents. So I will not boar you with what happened there other than the usable real family chit chat.

Now that we have completed 3 family visits in two weekends there are not rips to do so as a warning I
May go a little quiet, but as I can blog from my phone now you nether can tell

See ya now.

Joolz

Back home

Well I am back home now after my trip to Cheltenham and I have had a chance of looking up Cheltenham's history and have found that the town has existed for far longer than I realised . Infact Alfred the Great wrote about a settlement on the banks of the River Chelt and there was a monastery in the area way back in the year 803!

If you want further information on Cheltenham then have a look at the following website: http://www.cheltweb.co.uk/history

Well today is a normal day back in the office. So I am not expecting much to happen. Anyway I may well do an update later.

Another Trip

Hi one and all. In my last post I was talking about my trip to Hull. Unfortunately it was not the best of blogs so sorry about that!

Well at the moment I am in the middle of yet another trip. This time I am in the town of Cheltenham. It's the second time that I have come here and I am visiting family.

Now from what I can remember off the top of my head is that Cheltenham is a Victorian town that developed around the Spa's that were found here. Cheltenham is also famous for it's race course.

From what I have seen of the town so far is that it's very similar to a fellow Spa Town of Harrogate which is in North Yorkshire.

Well getting to Cheltenham was not eventful like the last time were on the the A40 road there was a streaker running up the road in the road works and somebody drove into the back of my car when we had stopped in a traffic jam.

Well I will write more tomorrow about my trip, it's a good might from me to you.

Ta ta for now.

J