Easttown Library Concert

Triumph TR4

Sunday afternoon the Easttown Library was hosting a concert given by a string an brass ensemble from the Main Line Symphony.  So with good weather forecast until the evening I took the Bullet out to go the concert.  Charlene was already there because she had organized the event so I had a solo ride.

I took Darby-Paoli and followed that out to Church and Sugartown.  At Sugartown I made the left to Waterloo (the other Waterloo) and took that to the library.  When I pulled up in the parking lot there was a red Triumph TR4 next to the spot where I parked.  So I took the opportunity to take a couple of shots of it.  The owner and his wife came up and we chatted a little about the car, it was a California car that someone else had brought to Pennsylvania and the present owner bought it from that person.  He offered to sell it to me because he is looking to buy a Porsche.  I declined the offer, there are way too many other things that I want before a TR4 despite the fact that it was a very nice car.

The concert was excellent.  I took a bunch of shots for Charlene so she can use them on the library's website to promote their programs.

Brass and strings

After the show, I headed back home the long way.  I took a right at Sugartown from Waterloo and a left at Newtown Road.  That took me to the St Davids roundabout which I took to St Davids Rd.  When I got to Harrison I made the left there and followed that loop to Church.  At Church I cut across to S. Valley Forge Rd and followed that past where it turns into Dorset to Devon for the left.  There I continued to Waterloo (the right Waterloo this time) and took that to Church.  I followed Church all the way out to Goshen and took the hill for the run to Earles Lane.

The whole run, including the trip to the library, was probably around 18 miles through mostly shaded country lanes.  One of the things that I love about living here is that I can have some great easy country rides without having to go very far from the house.

The classic car tally is now three Nash Metropolitans, three 1950s Jags, three 1960's 'Vettes, one MGA, one Hot Rod, one 1950s Chrysler, one 1950s Oldsmobile, one 1950's Plymouth, one Karmann Ghia, one 1950s grocery-getter, one Triumph TR4, and one Ford Model A.

Triumph and Bullet

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Mystery Mansion

Manor House on Wetherby Lane 

There's a house in New Orleans... No, the house is actually on Wetherby Lane in Easttown but that's a good line to start out with and its is really not so much a house as and English manor.   At any rate, this house sits at the top of a hill at the end of a lane surrounded by what looks like a typical 1970s subdivision.  Try as I might, information on the house has been very elusive so its history is till shrouded in mystery.

What actually happened, while unknown to me, is that probably that the former owners of the estate fell into hard times and sold the property to be subdivided while keeping the main house in the center of the development.  At any rate, I've been seeing this place for the last couple of years and finally, on Saturday morning, I took a ride out the with the Bullet to take a couple of shots.

The Bullet and the Manor House

This Saturday morning ride was very short as we had plans to take Montse out for a longer drive out to New Castle, Delaware.  An early morning Saturday ride usually means that there is not much traffic but for some strange reason it seemed that every Pennsylvanian was out on the road intent on being in my way.  The ride started out up Church Rd towards Wetherby Ln, but I overshot the turn and made a left on Waterloo to find a turn around point.  As soon as that was done I went back to the Lane so I could get the pictures taken.  

After that I headed back on Church towards St. Davids Rd for a right turn towards Newtown Rd.  From there I followed that to Sugartown out to 30 and Conestoga for the trip back home.  On the way home, at the corner of Malin and Earles Lane, I saw a white Tesla at the stop sign on Earles Lane.  The exotic car tally now stands at 4 Ferraris, 1 Lambo, 2 Maseratis, 1 unkwon, 1 Cobra, 1 Bentley, 1 DeLorean, and 1 Tesla.

At the beginning of the ride the Bullet had 2051.8 miles on the odo by the end we were up to 2070.8   

Mileage at beginning

Bullet and Manor

Manor House

Bullet and Manor

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