We caught the 1030 to Battersea Park where I carried some books to the Rose Community Centre and collected some milk. I then walked to Battersea Power Station Underground station and took the Northern line to Embankment. Here I changed onto The Bakerloo line as far as Baker Street and then caught an Uxbridge bound Metropolitan line to Ruislip arriving at 1238.
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| No 331 expected in 14 minutes |
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| Same bus top I joined the No 278 at. |
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| 8 minutes later the bus no longer exists, but neither does the E7 |
On arrival I found that it was 18 minutes to wait on a twenty minute service.but this wasn't quite how it panned out The next bus disappeared on the display as it got to about ten minutes to wait but then reappeared with 4 minutes to go when I was getting resolved to wait another 25 minutes for the next one.
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| Metroline's DE2151 has arrived |
Metroline's DL2151 arrived about 1304 and parked across the road.This was only a short stop though, as at 1307 I was aboard and the bus turned left out of the station approach and then subsequently right along Ruislip High Street.. At the forked junction at the Manor Farm we took the left fork, Bury Street with the H13 heading for Ruislip Lido. However, quite soon the No 331 turned left into Ladygate Lane which we followed all the way until we reached Breakspears Road which were mostly inter war housing. Here we went right which returned us to Bury Street near the entrance to Ruislip Lido at 1317.
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| The No 331 very soon forges off on its own. |
We turned left here and took Ducks Hill Road which has a very rural aspect as we climbed through Ruislip woods. We then descended before turning right into Northgate where there were some substantial houses and ran by way of Copse Wood Way to Rickmansworth Road. At this point instead of turning eft to get to Mount Vernon hospital we went right then left up Maxwell Road so as to reach Northwood Metropolitan Line station at 1327. Having done a circuit of the car park the bus then headed west along Green Lane to intercept Rickmansworth Road where we turned right so as to reach the aforementioned hospital just after Ducks Hill Road at 1338.
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| Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon |
Much of the journey since before Ruislip Lido the bus had been on its own but now we joined a number of others in Northwood, some not tfl operated, and these initially accompanied us as we headed out of Greater London into Hertfordshire. This foray outside didn't last very long or shouldn't have save for the roadworks at Batchworth Heath. The bus very quickly turned left, now accompanied by two different non-tfl bus routes, the R1 and R2 as we drive down Whitehill and then Northwood Road where we entered back into the northernmost part of the borough of Hillingdon. This enabled us to run into Harefield which seemed quite an attractive large village or small town surrounded by countryside.
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| Only 16th February and blossom in profusion |
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| Entering Mount Vernon Hospital |
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| Harefield Village Green |
We reached Breakspear Road north at 1353 where there was signpost saying Uxbridge 4 1/2 miles. Here a new tfl route joined us the U9, but it didn't follow as we swung into Moorhall Road from Church Hill. This road took us into Buckinghamshire and when the driver smelt vaping he said he was quite in rights to stop the bus there and then. He informed us at 1401 that he was awaiting a case where 3 teenagers might each get £1000 for so doing on his bus. Presumably whoever it was stopped because he continued over the Grand Union canal and then over the River Colne to reach Denham. We crossed under the large Colne Valley viaduct being constructed for HS2 before reaching The North Orbital Road at Denham.
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| The bridge over the North Orbital Road at Denham |
This road took us quickly down towards the A40 now with three no tfl buses and the express 724 bus that was a Greenline bus service to match the No 725 south of London. We then used Oxford Road, initially the A40, but where that joins the end of the M40 we went underneath to utilise the A4020. This took us into Uxbridge where the bus terminated at 1415.
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| Arrival at Uxbridge |
To return home from here I caught a No A10 to Heathrow Central, then a No 111 to the visitors viewing area where I dwelt for a couple of hours.
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| Air China Boeing 787, Air Rwanda A330 behind |
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| Cathay Pacific Boeing 777s |
I then took a No 70 to Hatton Cross and there caught the SL7 home which took over two hours because of a number of roadworks and then a football match at Kingstonian.
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