Day 258 An opportunity to visit Tring with Susan to do the No 387 and visit the natural history museum outpost there.

 I caught the 0935 to London Bridge and with the use of the Northern line went to Euston station so as to take the 1054 to Tring. At Euston I met Susan and we travelled north together reaching Tring at 1132; bang on time.

First time I have seen an Avanti class 807, 807002 at Euston

Tring station our LNWR train in platform 4

Tring station with Avanti
west coast class 390 passing through

The bus starts from the nearby village of Albury which is much nearer to Tring railway station than Tring itself. We needed to get to the village for 1159 and the bus timetable stated that the bus only took three minutes to cover the distance. Indeed as we were walking down the road the bus passed us heading for Aldbury.

Red Rose bus No 387 passing us on road to Albury

Red Kites were frequently visible

Aldbury church

We reached the village at 1155 and spied the bus waiting on the opposite side of the pond. It was E7RRT operated by the company Red Rose one of three similar named bus companies from Aylesbury.

Bus other side of pond with Susie walking briskly

Phew made it in time!

Stocks on green adjacent to pond and bus was in
Stocks Road

The bus left at exactly the time expected retracing the route we had walked except for the bit where we walked in the adjacent field for 'safety' and I immediately did a forward roll as my foot got trapped in a rope of vegetation. We passed the station at 1202 and headed onward towards Tring along Station Road. Before we reached Tring the bus turned right along Grove Park past the local high school and then left along Mortimer Hill. At the end of the hill we turned left and then instead of  entering the town went left again at the Robin Hood PH and took the road south until we reached the local Tesco superstore at 1211.

Passing The Robin Hood the first time

Old milepost from when this was the main A41 as
we headed south

 Here we did a loop picking up three passengers, there were another three on the bus already two from the start and one picked up at the railway station. We then returned to the Robin Hood and entered the town properly. At 1212 we were at the Rose and Crown where most people got off. We continued straight for a while along Western Lane and then went right down Miswell Lane to the end where there was a Windmill without sails.

Tring High Street

Mill at end of Miswell Lane

Susan having disembarked

Journey's End

We turned right at the end and took the B488 down to New Mills where the bus turned right into Wingrave Road and terminated at 1221.

From here we waked into Tring town centre so we could access the Natural History Museum which was created by Walter Rothschild as his personal collection when he was 21 years of age. 

Akeman Street in Tring

Interesting remnant of building in Akeman Street

Inside the Museum hall 3

Zebras in Hall 4

Chamois in hall 5

After three hours we walked to Tring station arriving at 1648 fortuitously arriving in time to take the train at 1650 to Euston. There we separated, Susan taking Northen line to Charing Cross and me the Victoria line to Victoria catching the 1800 Epsom Downs train arriving home about quarter to seven.

Bus ticket from Pond at
Aldbury to Tring Rose and
Crown

Tickets from Boundary of zone 6 to Tring