Newport RI to Hartford Connecticut

Bridge works started a t 6.30 very noisy.

We had a breakfast in the town and  then went to see 'Breakers' this was a house built in Newport in  the 'gilded age' by the Vanderbilts  The house has been preserved by  the Preservation society of newport and they have some 10 other mansions in their care. The tour was superb the hand held devices move you on at a old pace and you can select to get more information about an item if you want it.  I was really impressed  by the house and its state of preservation. the cost of the  visit seemed expensive at about $25 but well worth it as you could have visited another house on the same day. Sadly none of the clocks were working, there were some superb examples of  usually french clocks  I did notice a tall clock which I think was Dutch.

A quick lunch soup and  a roll was fine  an even quicker visit to the supper market next foo for more supplies and we were back on the road to Hartford Connecticut.

We took the interstates this time as the journey was a fair way  the roads are very good the directions are pretty clear as well. The speed limits were a bout 65 on the interstate with a  minimum of 55  very few people seems to stick to the speed limits but we did not see any really  fast cars the average might be a bout 70 mph.

Quite a good journey Getting throughout he out skirts of hartford was a bit complicated but we  got here. The air B and B we are in a like something out of a film set it is huge and dark apart from our room which was very light. This is a problem as it is also very very hot, sleeping will be a struggle.

One of Peters contacts Tom Grimshaw has invited me to look at his collection of wooden clocks  tomorrow and if we have time he will take me to the American Clock and Watch Museum

a short walk in to a local shopping area, we just made happy hour at a local irish bar two pints of Guinness for $6 was a real treat we then went and had tea at a deli shop restaurant  called Tangiers international, a small plate of babba ganoushka and a bean stew were enough to hit the spot.  A very slow stroll back to the B and b  to look at the houses , and also as it was so hot.

The room was like an oven , and is very close to an intersection on Prospect Road so the traffic is pretty constant, it was very hot and sleep was not easy especially  as periodically  police sirens? were going off out side.