Not a seaside photo i'm afraid! the cameras broke! and so am i! but who needs photos and dosh when, just fuel in the car and food will do..We set off like grand explorers the van stuffed to the rafters with essentcials and ben the JRT with pride of place on Nells knee at the front, i'd checked and checked again that i had my AA card and a bottle opener just in case..first stop was lunch in church stretton with sbs at 1.30pm and at 1pm there we are stuck in traffic me finger tapping the engine threatening to overheat and panicing because i hate to be late! we laughed at one point as a bloomin big helicopter flew just over the top of us from behind scaring the livin daylights out of us!! and nells said "There she is looking for you" ..I'd been half noticing the lady in the car behind us laughing and the passenger with her not joining in, then i recognised her and the barmy woman jumped out of her car and came for a chat!! Now what are the chances of that?? We had lovely lunch and chatted for ages, her son who is lovely didnt seem mind one bit being stuck with 3 females and ben....
We then headed down to chepstow and stopped at the services!!! And they looked really surprised when i told them to put the food back!! when i saw what they expected me to pay £12 for..What a rip off.
We got lost a bit around Bristol, but ended up in kilve?? where we found a decent carpark to sleep in..
In the morning we headed to Porlock? and had breakfast in a hotel at 8.30 what a lovely chap he even let ben in and gave us a doggy bag..........
From there we headed towards ilfracoombe but got sidetracked by a sign saying DOONE Valley so off we went and ended up on a campsite at cloud farm, well worth a stay it is proper old fashioned none of this health and safety cr.. ! to spoil things , a little shop and cafe open all day from 7am-8pm , dogs where allowed, and campfires, and swimming. and there was a pony trekking farm there so off she went while i sat and read, i just wish it was "lorna doone" which i havent read since i was a child, then i would have recognised all the sights from the book. there where some truly beautiful woodlands and me with no camera!!
This site was so busy and i think i was the only british person there ......................And the sun was shining!!!! i'll continue tomorrow on how we arrived in Dulverton..
Lovely journey, I can just imagine you all on your travels in that beautiful area.
ReplyDeleteIs that a picture of your garden . . . berlummities - I have garden envy, sunshine envy and holiday envy . . and meeting SBS envy and EVERYTHING . . . poooo
ReplyDeleteIlfracombe brings back lovely memories for me as a child. We used to go to Woolacombe every year for about 6 years and loved it.
ReplyDeleteThank you sharing your time away with us.
Crystal xx
I've just bought Lorna Doone. A bargain classic in our village bookshop. As soon as I finish the Purple Book group book I'm going to get reading. Like you, I haven't read it since a child.
ReplyDeleteI see from your picture that you also work with glass. What exactly do you do with it? I'm really interested.
What a great adventure - I look forward to the next installment.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to persuade Lillypad to go on an adventure with me, like you and Nell.
Sounds lovely. I know Ilfracombe cos my sister lives in Devon and when I was a child i used to stay with her.
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