Monday, August 31, 2009

'A lovely day'?!

Taking a weeks holiday, camping of course. First 24hrs not fantastic and can be summarized as follows:
- Looking at forecast the night before suggests cloud and 20% chance of rain in Cornwall - oh bugger.
- Took hours to pack on Sunday - we'd had friends to stay and little time to prep and I think we're still getting used to packing for multiple weather scenarios!
- Swearing and blinding under my breath as Rosie still resists running right - I changed the HT leads before we left, but she's still coughing after an hour or so's driving. Only fixed temporarily by switching the ignition on and off - not ideal! At least I now know what the fix is - I think (by a process of tedious elimination).
- Arrive at our first planned site, Coombe View Farm in Devon - supposed to have views of beautiful Branscombe bay, but it was completely obscured by the mist and rain... super.
- Took relief from fog in the Mason's Arms in Branscombe - stunning thatched topped pub - kids had banana fritters with toffee ice cream for dessert - and enjoyed trying our bitter shandies - yum! Then we played Uno until heading back to camp for bedtime...
- Get up in the morning to more fog and breakfast in drizzle. We grit our teeth in anticipation of a tough week ahead... (still the kids don't mind at all - Sam and Theo trying to persuade us that it's, quote, 'a lovely day' and heading out to play football with some other boys and riding their bikes)

1 comment:

  1. True British grit in action. Nice to see that you hadn't been softened up by that wussy Californian weather.

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