Box's Box

After three weeks here in Bedford England, the wind tunnel test is coming along fine, but a little behind schedule. I have been working 12-13 hours per night during that time, so was glad to have part of the weekend off for R&R. I had a great weekend, working until 8:00 AM Saturday, resting a couple of hours, getting shaved/showered and then hit the road for adventure. I then drove 120 miles to “Pastor John’s” home in Stanford-le-Hope (Essex) just east of London by mid afternoon. He is the clergyman who climbed Kilimanjaro with our RHCC group. I visited him and his wife Kim for a couple of hours, so now we are great friends. I then excused myself, and drove over the Queen Elizabeth bridge across the Thames River and on toward Dover, and stopped overnight at a pub/inn near Canterbury. I met some locals and the owner of the pub and had a great time as they sang to music of Karaoke. Sunday AM I went to mass at the famous Canterbury Cathedral. Awesome! Then I went on to Dover and toured the centuries old Dover Castle where lots of WWWII action also took place. I did not try to cross the channel to France via ferry or tunnel due to lack of time. I drove back to Bedford by way of several other coastline towns. (Round trip over 400 miles.) I think I have almost mastered driving on LH side of the road! Since we are behind schedule, we will likely run through Tuesday (9 May) and not be home until Wednesday.