Saturday & trip to Nottingham

Entry for 01 March 2008 Saturday

I got the 0552 (dep 0605) bus from Norwich Thorpe to Ely (0740 hours arr), the ride on the bus was ? ,I could feel the bus move left & right a lot of the time, so I then told myself, that I will be coming back via Ipswich.
At Ely, they was only a short wait, for the 0744 Ely p1 to Liverpool Lime Street, via Nottingham (0932 arr), 158813 DMU.
Nice to on a train, I notice the seats are much better, than the seats that came with the 158's.

The factory on the March to Peterborough line, that burned down last week, very close to the railway line.

Some people might wonder how such a big fire took so long to put out & why the line was closed, seen how much damage & how close it is to the railway line, I would not like to have been as close as some other might like.

Over the river Trent, this is a disused line, I wonder when it was last used ? .

Broad Marsh shopping Centre, Who wants to Marry in a car like this.

I did a bit of shopping, first Marks & Spencer home dept.
two easycare fitted sheets (£6 each) , 3 pack of hand woven tea towels (£2:50) & two face towels for 50p each.
Inotice a Orange shop near by, I got a 'Orange Tokyo' mobile phone, but had to get £10 credit.
Then on to M&S, the one next to the church, but before I went in, a person came up to me & ask, if I got the time to take a survey for the BBC (on a new local service they have planed ), which I did do, on a touch screen Panasonic note book computer (silver), after I cam out, I was ask again, but told hi,. I just done it.

Bottom floor of this building, where they took the survey, a number of notebooks in a room.

In M&S other shop, I got two shirts & trousers in the mens dept (2nd) & hand wash, hand / body lotion / foam bath in the female floor (1st), I notice that in the past, the hand soap, lotion, etc was made in Poland, now it says made in the UK ?
Wilko for a new toilet seat (£19:99) & Meadow Fresh fabric conditioner 1 litre bottle.
Bell Inn, for food, but on the front small bar was open, it was about 1130 hours, so may be too early for food, I just had a pint.

I went to HMV, near Broad Marsh, got a few Star Trek Deep Space Nine DVD's (season 5 & 6).
Then to the Fellows Morton & for a stake meal, it was here I phone my Dad.

then back to Broad Marsh shopping centre, Original Shoe (unit 49), got a pair of adidas superstar NBA 72 red (Cleveland Cavaliers), size 9 half, £40 (down from £70 ? ).

Now I went to The Vat & The Fiddle, Kipper the cat was about, but only seen her came in the door.

Photo with my Orange Tokyo mobile phone camera.

Another customer help me, as I had a lot of bags, to carry my pint to the seat.
I notice they changed they name, from Tynemill to Castle Rock, I notice a letter from Hardy and Hansons (staff of the closed Kimberley brewery, thanks to Greene King from Bury St Edmunds), saying Castle Rock brewery is now the main & biggest brewery in Nottinghamshire.
Since all H&H beer now come from Bury St Edmunds.

Nottinghamshire brewing history

I did buy eight 500ml bottle of Harvest Pale.
I only got one stamp on the Over The eight collector's card, because I keep forgetting to take it out, when I buy a pint.

after that, my long trip home started, I got the 1533 Nottingham Midland p1 to Ely p3, 158773, the Norwich Thorpe train cleaners was at Ely today, but as I did not want to get a bus & the next Peterborough to Ipswich train was 1830, I got the 1726 Ely p2 to Cambridge, 365531.
I had seen 156417 in the platform, so I did walk to it, after I got off the King Cross service (First CC), only to see it leave the platform (1744 Cambridge to Ipswich, 156417), what a place to be stuck.
The station is more unfriendly than Norwich, plus after a talk with my Dad, I was in a bad mood, with his silly act.
I got the 1804 Cambridge to Ely 'Cross Country service, 170110, so I have been on East Midlands Trains (Stagecoach), First Capital Connect, CrossCountry (Arriva) & National Express East Anglia.
And Bella Coach from Norwich Thorpe to Ely.

1830 Ely p3 to London Liverpool Street, via Stowmarket p1, 170202.
I had a bit of wait at Stowmarket, as the next Norwich train, did not stop there, even if I went though to Ipswich, I would of still missed it.
I notice the next train from Cambridge (I think the 1844 ? ) 1945 Stowmarket to Ipswich, 156402, came in just before the train for Norwich, but I would not have liked to stay at Cambridge for that long, the only good thing about Cambridge station, is that they is a Marks & Spencer, with they friendly staff
1953 Stowmarket p2 to Norwich Thorpe p2, 82114 / 10241.

The days was very good, until the trip back & wost of all, Cambridge station.
Why do trains go via Grantham,m well that the route & the other routes have been closed years ago, which for some strange reason, like me not being born then, I was not asked about, had no input to, could not do anything about.

At home, I had something to eat, then went to bed, it had been a long day, and a very stressful trip back, mostly because I was telling someone what a 'missed train' was, how I could miss a train ?, that I did not hung up on them (lost signal), bus from Ely to Norwich & no trains, mean I can not get a train from Ely to Norwich ?

Sunday 2 March 2008 - 06:47AM (GMT)