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Aug
With overcoats strapped on the back we Frost & I set out for Northampton about 26 miles away We past through a very substantial looking portion of Bedford and arrived in Northampton about 5-30 p.m. The ride though hard was very pretty and we passed through Turvey which is a fairly large village. There is a very long terrace of oldist looking places and also the remains of an old mill worked by water There is a figure of a man standing in the water & it goes by the name of Jonah.
As soon as we arrived in N'hampton we dug up a boarding house to stop at, had a wash and the tea. We got a very pretty room with a double bed, for 2/6 for & were pretty well satisfied with our bargain. We had a good look about the town especially the fair which wasis on in the market place every Saturday and returned to bed about 9 p.m.
Sunday 27
We did not get up until 9 am today as the people told us they slept in a little longer on Sundays. Had breakfast & walked around town. We got caught in rain while doing a tram ride so we returned to home & dinner. In the afternoon we went to Abington Park but could not see this at its best owing to the rain.
Coming home we had an experience. Owing to the long distance & as we were a little tired we thought we would take a bus to Bedford. So we persuaded the bus driver to let us take our bikes on top & were charged the 1 fare for both. After going about three miles & while ascending a pretty big hill the