Buckingham; Friday, 09 June, 2023

After finishing work for the day I headed down to the station, into Victoria and across London to catch my train out of Marylebone.

The train was on time the whole way up, which meant that I had a tight, but achievable 8 minutes to make the connection with the bus to Buckingham. It turned out that I didn’t need to worry about the connection time as the bus was running at least 20 minutes late and the stagecoach app was suggesting it could well have been an earlier bus running 50 or even 80 minutes late.

A slightly bouncy journey later (before covid this route was operated by actual coaches, today it’s double decker buses and I don’t think they’re designed for 60mph thrashes along not particularly well maintained country roads), we arrived into Buckingham and I walked the short distance round to the hotel.

After checking in and dropping off my luggage I headed down to the bar to grab a light dinner before heading out into town for a wander at sunset, taking in most of the main sites including the Old Gaol, Church and several loops of the Great Ouse river that runs through the heart of the town.

Tour completed I headed back to the hotel for a quick drink in the bar before turning in for the night.