Trip Day 33 – Duxford

After taking one last stroll around the Ely Cathedral it is back in the car for my second last day of touring the UK, and today has the promise of being a great day, no rain, warmish and Duxford, yes it is one for the boys, Duxford is the premier aviation museum, so it is planes, planes, and even more planes. In fact the place is so big you could easily spend 2 days here. The main plane that I was wanting to see was the Lancaster Bomber, and Duxford has 1 of the 4 in Britain, and the display is amazing, the only criticism is that there are to many planes in the huge hangers, and some are so big you have trouble getting a full photo. Not only did they have my Lancaster but they had the American copy the Liberator, a B52 bomber and a Concorde which you were able to walk through. The Concorde was one of the prototypes and still had some of the original instruments, they had fitted some seats and it would have been very cramped to fly and don’t think of a view the windows are tiny. There were so many planes to look at it was amazing, well worth the visit.

The evening saw me trying to find a place close to Heathrow as tomorrow I have to return my hire car, it has been a faithful companion for my trip and it will be sad to see it go. After a lot of trying I finally find a hotel in Windsor, this gives me a brief chance to see the castle. Message to self book ahead on Tuesdays. Tomorrow will see me tackling the train system to Europe, sure to be fun and games here.