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Rhododendrons are is a thing of beauty, the memory of which passeth now away. A mass of gorgeous blooms of every conceivable colour & every inch often 15 or 20 ft high a mass of blooms
Thence I pass the walk which leads to Queens Cottage – a concentration of rustic loveliness & wildness – without an apparent sign of human attention save the handrail on path & the notices.
On return everyone has same idea all bus places are lined with people in queues & I take underground Ticket collector tells me to take the first train & change at Hammersmith. I take the first train & after passing about 12 station ask where Hammersmith is & am told that I am in wrong train & return to [indecipherable] station whence I started.
At last after nearly 3 hours travelling during which I have been as far north as Camden Town I reach London such is the railway & generally speaking the Londoners idea of humour.
Arriving in London at 10.30 I have difficulty in getting meals & even the policeman cannot tell me a place. However, I fossick one out for I rarely take a midday meal as my money is not sufficient to allow such extravagance. Room cost 8/- & meals 6/- or 7/- sometimes