Just up the road from where we stay in Galmpton – an ex-Butlins Holiday Camp – there are fields full of sheep and a single railway line that carries a traditional steam train which travels from Paignton to Dartmouth. I seem to remember a ferry at the end of the Dartmouth leg – crossing a harbour to Dartmouth proper (instead of driving miles around the countryside – through tiny and uncharted roads). I also remember a “93” double-decker bus in Dartmouth. Why? well, in Sutton – where we live – the “93” TFL bus begins in Priory Road (travelling to Putney Bridge) – we used to live in Priory Road from 1998-2004.
We now live one or two streets away – but still near this bus route. This bus travels via Wimbledon Common – near to where the Buddhapadipa Buddhist Temple is located. Believe it or not – there is a Buddhist Temple near Honiton in Devon (Upottery) – the Hartridge Buddhist Monastery. We have visited this place many years ago – and might well visit again sometime soon.I hear this train about every two-hours or so from within the chalet we inhabit. I have been meaning to film the train as it thunders under the bridge. Today, I had to jog down the road and just about made it! Oneday, we will be riding on this train again!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 