Afternoon outing.

Almost a clear drive through to Cambridge. Long tail back on the A11 at Mildenhall on the way there, (and lots of plane activity to the USAF base) and a tailback at the Elveden lights on the return.

I’m not sure they’ve got any further with the Elveden bypass. I think they’re just shifting sand from one side of the road to the other and back.

A nice day for driving, no (other) idiots on the road, and nothing to get stressed about. I’m really not used to this. What’s the catch?

The highlight of the trip was Addenbrooke’s multi-storey car park.

Addenbrooke's carpark (photo: Gogglemaps)

Last time we were there, we tipped off that if you go higher there are heaps of parking spaces. It’s dumb trying to find a space on the first two floors when 5 and 6 are almost empty.

But beware if you don’t like heights. The lift waiting area is ground-to-ceiling window. What a view. Must take my camera next time.

 And because this is THE hospital, they don’t have a lift, they have a molecular transporter. Seriously. You step in the lift (we were on level 5) and press the button for ground floor. The voiceover says, ‘Doors closing’...the doors close...and almost instantly the voice says ‘Ground floor’ and you’re there. If Scotty had been in charge of beaming us up and down, it would have taken longer.

It takes a moment or two for your blood to start circulating around you body again, and you feel one inch taller¹, but wow.

[* 1 – on the return transportation you’ll feel an inch shorter, meaning no overall height change.]

[Warning: before stepping into lift for the upward journey, wait for people making the downward journey to drop of the ceiling.]