Day sixty three To the far east at Rainham to catch the No 103

The day being October 12th it was the 103rd anniversary of the shooting of nurse Edith Cavell during the first World war and it was suggested we went to the commemoration at her memorial at St Martins Place. This event took place between 1045 and 1100.

Awaiting the event at St Martins Place

Wreaths having been laid at the foot of Edith's memorial

Wreaths at memorial

Two nurses from the Royal London hospital were amongst those
leaving wreaths 

The next destination was to take the Underground from Leicester Square to South Kensington to drop off some books at the library of the French Institute. At South Kensington we took the District line train to Barking and then swapped to platform 7 to catch the 1309 train to Rainham.

The next No 103 to leave when we arrived with Charmaine outside the library.

Arriva DW277 leaving the layover stand
to pick us up

At Rainham we had a little wander around Rainham town including the library before catching the No 103 operated by Arriva DW277 to Romford and onward to Chase Cross. At 1346 we left Rainham interchange and headed toward Dagenham and Becontree. At 1427 we reached Romford Market and Charmaine dis-embarked. However, I remained on the bus which ran past the North Street depot and on to the A12 for a short spell. We turned left after this and ran into the Chase Cross estate where the bus terminated at 1440.

Arrival at Chase Cross where the bus's wait
was very brief.

I returned to Romford on the No 103 that followed, as the first bus I used had arrived late and it shot off quickly back to Rainham. Once I had met up with Charmaine we caught the train from Romford to Stratford, then the Jubilee line to Canada Water and the London Overground to West Croydon where we arrived at 1800.