24. Trip to Cheltenham-05-07.04.22

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To celebrate my wife's birthday we headed off for a short break in Cheltenham. I spent four years in the mid-1980s at university in this fine regency town so I was eager to re-visit a few of my old haunts! We travelled in our new super-duper electric car making it a very cheap few days away bit it was a bit of a shame that the weather did not quite play ball!
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1. Cloddy bridge-05.04.22 Leaving my wife at the hotel for an hour or so with her book for company I nipped out on my Brompton to one of my 'go-to' spots from the 1980s when I lived in Cheltenham, namely Coddy (or Cloddymoor) bridge just to the south of the station. It was all reassuringly familiar but for the new bridge, that Network Rail had installed to replace the delightfully rickety affair that I remembered!

Leaving my wife at the hotel for an hour or so with her book for company I nipped out on my Brompton to one of my 'go-to' spots from the 1980s when I lived in Cheltenham, namely Coddy (or Cloddymoor) bridge just to the south of the station. It was all reassuringly familiar but for the new bridge, that Network Rail had installed to replace the delightfully rickety affair that I remembered!
2. Arle & Cheltenham station-06.04.22 Having plugged the car in for a free charge at a nearby Tesco I popped out on my bike for an hour or so. I first went to another of my old haunts from my university days in Cheltenham at Arle bridge. Later in the day I went to the station with the sun actually putting in an appearance!

Having plugged the car in for a free charge at a nearby Tesco I popped out on my bike for an hour or so. I first went to another of my old haunts from my university days in Cheltenham at Arle bridge. Later in the day I went to the station with the sun actually putting in an appearance!
3. Brockhampton & G&WR-07.04.22 On the last day of our short break in Cheltenham, I again popped out to Tesco to charge the car up for free, this time to 100%. Whilst this was happening I nipped off on my Brompton to another of my 1980s haunts in the hamlet of Brockhampton a short distance north of Cheltenham. Later, on the way home, I persuaded my wife that we stop off at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway's Toddington base.

On the last day of our short break in Cheltenham, I again popped out to Tesco to charge the car up for free, this time to 100%. Whilst this was happening I nipped off on my Brompton to another of my 1980s haunts in the hamlet of Brockhampton a short distance north of Cheltenham. Later, on the way home, I persuaded my wife that we stop off at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway's Toddington base.
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