Bus Ride to Bath Day 7b

Our bus (finally) arrived and we gleefully hopped aboard, choosing seats near the front.  Which maybe wasn't the brightest idea. (just keep that word "bright" in mind)

We were so enthusiastic about the things we were seeing outside the bus windows (and the things the bus driver was obligingly pointing out to us) that we were becoming a little snap-happy with our cameras. And somebody may have inadvertently left  her flash on which seemed to annoy the bus driver after a few (make that a lot) of non-stop flash pictures. He was very direct in his preferences, especially ones that concerned the camera flash. It was quickly turned OFF.

  

You may very well be amazed that our bus was able to navigate down this street. We were.

Grosvenor Gardens

Random London buildings.

Harrod's as seen through the front window of the bus. Lots of people getting some early Christmas shopping in.  Well, it is late October. Who wouldn't want to go to Harrod's and get a jump on the season?!!?

By now we were out of London and closing in on Windsor. I was tired and had almost dozed off. Somebody mentioned that there was Windsor Castle in the distance. I snapped awake and took this (less than stellar) photograph. Windsor Castle is that round tower thingie in the middle of the pic. Behind the telephone pole and barely visible through the trees.  But it's there and I saw it!          

After Windsor and some driving on the UK's version of an interstate highway, we began to drive through charming little villages.    And then the bus driver received a fateful radio message. Which was to impact us. Not in a huge, life-changing way. Basically just an hour-long inconvenience. For some inexplicable reason, our bus had to take a detour to pick up a stranded bus driver. I am not sure why or how this bus driver got stranded but who am I to object helping out a fellow human being.  She and our driver had a lively discussion which lasted the rest of our journey and was instrumental in keeping me entertained (and awake.)

We finally arrived in Bath an hour later than we had expected to. And by then it was getting dark. And I had long since quit taking pictures of the scenery.  Since it was dark and all. And then there was that whole camera flash issue.