I always knew that Buckden was rather select.
Buckden Towers housed Catherine Of Aragon when Henry VIII wanted her out of the way. It has to be a fairly posh place. But I didn’t realise how posh it is until today.
The Big Blue Boat is having a new inverter today, which means that we have no 240v electricity. That means that the 4G router isn’t able to work. That means there is no internet access, which means I can’t blog! Disaster!
There was only one thing for it. A walk (in the sun) to the pub to use their WIFI. It’s a tough life. I decided to walk into Buckden, there are 3 pubs to choose from and it is a reasonable walk. I settled on a cup of tea in The George Hotel. A very posh establishment that serves you at the tale, no need to go the bar for service.
There were only a few other people in there, mostly reading newspapers. I sat down at an empty table, ordered my tea and got into some work on my laptop. After a while I realised that there were people around me- there seemed to be no spare tables, and there I was at the peak of lunchtime taking up a table with just a cup of tea! The staff were very nice, served me with extra milk for my tea and never appeared to mind that I was taking up a table. Once I had finished my tea I paid (I nearly went without paying- I’m used to paying when you order, not when you leave!) and popped to the loo before walking home. 
The toilets are very nice. There is a basket with small hand towels; you take one, dry your hands and pop it into a big ceramic vase when you’re done. No soggy shared towels or paper towels!
While I was there a couple of ladies came in, in full discussion about their upcoming holiday to America. Their conversation moved to the clothes they were taking and one lady sad to the other “That jacket is nice, is it new?” to which the other lady replied “Yes, I got it from Harrods.”!
I looked at myself in the mirror- windswept hair, brown t-shirt with a few holes in the front (very small- in my defence), blue jeans and trainers. Nothing I was wearing cost more than £25! 
I like to think I brought a sense of reality to Buckden!