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Since nothing much happened today, June 13th, on our sea day as we sailed Northward to Oslo I figured I’d fill in with a bonus post. In my frequent travels to the UK in the past I have always found it amusing how Brits have a different way of saying many common things. For instance, a trunk in the car is a “boot” and a parking lot is a “car park”. Seems logical enough. I can understand this because, when I was a little tike I used to tell my parents that a driveway should be called a “garage way” much as our freeways are called “motorways” in the UK. Made more sense to me.
I found a few strange things on this trip to Coworth Park and have included the pictures below.
As we drove onto the grounds I noticed a speed limit sign. I figured it would be in kilometers per hour (kph’s) like all other speed indicators in the UK but no…this one was in mph. And, not only that, it was in 1/2 increments, telling us to only go 9 1/2 mph. Really? Our speedometers are that accurate? I figured that this was a UK’ish way of telling you to stay under 10 mph. I guess that 9 1/2 mph does look simpler than saying 16 1/4 kph.
Next we saw the sign telling you where the Car Park, Stables and Cottages are. But, when you got to the Car Park area there was a sign next to it that said “No Entry to Cars”. Go figure.
Then, there was a tow truck of sorts, apparently removing the illegally parked cars in the car park, with a sign on the side that said, “23 1/2 Hour Recovery”. Well, how does that help? How do I know which 1/2 hour you are taking off for a break?
Next, I saw the sign in the restroom, er, “loo” in the restaurant. I found it amusing that the sign said “Disabled Toilet”. While I’m sure they meant, “Handicap Toilet”, I had to wonder why anyone would want to use a disabled toilet.
Yes, you are correct. I was a bit bored today in the middle of the North Sea.
