Joanna's Whimsical Life: Serious fun in Wąchock!

Sunday 15 June 2014

Serious fun in Wąchock!

Another interesting day in Poland. I took my English guest on a little trip east of Skarzysko. We got on the A Bus which goes to Starachowice via Wachock, the village people all over Poland make jokes about. I went to buy the tickets from the driver. When he found out that I was showing an English friend around, he said we could go free. Can you believe that?

More striking then the experience with the A Bus was when we wanted to go back to Skarzysko. Obviously, a very different man was driving then. When we got to the main road, we saw the bus stopping at the bus stop ahead of us on the other side of the street so I made the effort to run towards the bus to make sure the driver sees me in the rear window. I'm sure he did. For a moment I had the impression that he was going to wait for us. In fact, he didn't. He left us behind to my serious disappointment. There was an hour wait ahead of us. Not nice when you are cold and hungry and the air is contaminated by horribly stinking smoke coming from the bakery chimney.

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COME & EXPLORE OAK TOWN

Saturday March 9^th 2019, 1-3 pm

£10pp

Let's meet at 1 pm outside Acton Central Station, which splits the pretty Churchfield Road into two, and walk through Acton Park entering the same way as the annual Acton Carnival procession has entered the park over the recent years.

On the way we will see a brand new school and talk about the Goldsmiths’ Guild, the major benefactors of this part of the former London borough. We shall cross the east west through road, here known as The Vale heading towards Southfields Recreation Grounds which is situated on one of four ancient fields in Acton. The council bought in 1908 from Wilkinson Sword Co. who during World War 1 manufactured over two million bayonets on site.

Then we will stop to see St Peter’s Church which is especially popular with the Italian community and continue towards the long and curved Acton Lane to leave it soon for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Next we will make our way towards the same east west road which here uses the name of Acton High Street. We shall see more interesting edifices and ponder over the history of Berrymead Priory which was not really a priory. We will visit the newly open Arch Climbing Wall Centre. There will be some surprises on the way too! We will end up at The West London Trade Union Club and you are welcome to stay on and chill out over a drink but bring some food with you or buy some on the way. It's still £10 pp only, mind you!