June 24, 2015

Finest Hour 120, Autumn 2003

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Alas the Chartwell Explorer coach from Victoria Station no longer runs. We continue to recommend the Capital Coast Express, or any other train marked, “to East Grinstead and calling at Oxted,” from Victoria. You must get one that stops at Oxted, which is the closest rail station to Chartwell. Cab fare with tip is about £7-8. Either arrange with the taxi driver to meet you at Chartwell for the ride back or get his cell number so you can ring him. If you make a mistake and go via Sevenoaks, the taxi fare could be three times as high. Direct trains to London depart Oxted at 24 and 54 minutes after the hour except between 4pm and 6pm, so if you want a direct train back, you have to be back at Oxted station by say 3:45. Alternative for those who find this too limiting: overnight at the Vicarage, a B&B in Westerham village, which happens to be the birthplace of General Wolfe.

Cambridge

CC President Bill Ives and Executive Director Dan Myers recently took the train from Kings Cross to Cambridge to visit the Churchill Archives Centre. Return fare for the day trip was £15 each and the ride is under an hour. Archives director Allen Packwood can arrange to show you around. Please contact him in advance: telephone (01223) 336087, email [email protected]. There is an exhibition in the lobby. “I highly recommend calling Allen and making the trip,” says Mr. Myers. “Besides Churchill College, the other Cambridge colleges are lovely in their own right and well worth the visit.”

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