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| Potter's Guild |
Friday I didn't go to work because we were hosting some students for dinner and I needed to cook and do errands for the dinner. I used the MG in the early afternoon to run some errands and while on 252 I saw a white Tesla for the exotic tally.
On Saturday morning my wife and I decided to take most of the day for riding. We headed out to the
Potter's Guild for their
semi-annual sale. We headed out 252 towards Media and followed that to Baltimore Avenue where we made a left. We followed that for a short way for a right at Plush Mill Road. I was supposed to follow that to the Guild but I took a wrong turn down Rogers Lane down to a right at Turner Road and another right at Plush Mill. This was a lucky turn of events because that loop is through a really nice wooded area with a good winding road. When we got to the mill a family pulled up next to us and just chatted about the car. They were also going to the sale so we all eventually did that.
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| Tower at Potter's Guild |
I took a chance to go out behind the building and take some shots. The building appears to be an old mansion built in 1896 and the grounds are very well kept. There is a medieval looking tower and a Gothic looking arch leading to a wooded area. The whole grounds are really well kept and sprinkled with artwork by members of the guild.
From there we headed back up Plush Mill towards Baltimore Ave with a quick detour around Victoria Mills on Plush Mill Road. I wanted to take a shot of the smoke tower there but the sun was in the wrong position and it wasn't worth getting out of the car. We circled the mill and headed out Plush Mill Road. Once on Baltimore Ave we followed that to Monroe Street for a run to the Media Downtown area.
We cruised State Street and took that to Orange which we followed to Providence. Once I Providence we headed towards Rose Tree Park and there we stayed on Providence until we reached Bishop Hollow Road. We took that all the way out to Rose Tree and followed that to 352 and there made a right. On the corner where Sycamore Mill (what Bishop Hollow eventually turns into after becoming Ridley Creek Road) comes out at Rose Tree we saw a late 50s Chrysler sitting in a yard. It looked like a barn find and had no "for sale" sign on it so I hope someone is going to rescue.
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| Tyler Arboretum |
We stayed on 352 Until we reached the antique shop at 1176 on that road. We stopped there for a bit and then went back out on the road. As we were leaving the parking lot there was a huge caravan of fire vehicles running their sirens headed towards the West Chester Pike on 352. We headed in the opposite direction toward Barren Rd were we made a left to get to the
Spring Sale at
Tyler Arboretum. We stopped there for some plants and could have stayed to visit the arboretum because entrance is free during the sale day but we were both getting hungry so we headed out on Barren to Chapel Hill Rd for an immediate left on Bishop Hollow towards home. Barren comes out in the parking lot of
Ridley Creek Park and Chapel Hill Rd is the Bridge that crosses the creek there.
It was a great morning for a ride with beautiful weather and temps so we decided to have lunch, take a little nap, and head out again for an afternoon ride.
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| 3257 on Saturday, 02 May 2015 |
After lunch we headed out Malin towards the West Chester Pike to get some gas at the Sunoco at Springfield Road. I noticed that we have put just over a 1,000 miles since we got the car late last summer. We had it inspected at 2243 and on Saturday at the gas station the odo read 3257.
From the gas station we went to Nicholas Smith Trains so I could buy some paints for the
MG TC model that I'm still building and then we headed down the Pike to the Wawa at 252 for a coffee.
After that we took Goshen to Grubbs Mill Rd and did several loops on Grubbs Rd, White Horse, and the area back there before heading home via 252, St. Davids Rd, and Church Rd.
It was a great day for riding and we certainly took advantage of it. The MG did great with no issues and I'm looking forward to getting the new tank and the headlights fixed next Tuesday.
The classic car tally is now two Nash Metropolitans, one MGA, one 1950s Jag, one Hot Rod, one 1950s Chrysler, and one Ford Model A. The exotic tally stands at 10 Ferraris, 9 Teslas, 6 Maseratis, 2 Cobras, 2 Bentleys, 2 Unknowns, 2 Lambos, 1 Rolls Royce, 1 DeLorean, and 1 Austin-Healey.
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Potter's Guild |
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| Tyler Arboretum |
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| Tyler Arboretum |
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