Last updated at 09:07, Thursday, 03 May 2012

IT WAS too far to walk to London and to buy a train ticket I had to resort to a bus journey to the railway station because the car has decided that after driving for more than 60 years and taking a tumble in the hills, I am no longer bright enough.

The National Trust’s Cragside near Rothbury

I am grateful to buses and good friends to help me from place to place for my perambulations. There was a queue of 25 passengers at the bus stop but we all squeezed aboard. Among them was David McVittie, complete with his very fine self-made walking stick.

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First published at 21:37, Wednesday, 02 May 2012
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