Across from Teignmouth is Sheldon. Lovely sea side village. We stayed the night in the motor homes outside our good friends Jackie & Peter, NB Imagine, whom we meet last year on the K & A canal. We spent some time travelling with them and better company would be bloody hard to find
Next day we had a walking tour of the village, such a Cool place...
This little beauty overlooking the harbour cost.....
Next day we had a walking tour of the village, such a Cool place...
This little beauty overlooking the harbour cost.....
A meer 200,000 quid... Yep what you see is what the new owner got... Although apparently soon after the hill side behind came down... more costs.....
There's an easy way to cross the harbour... about 500 metres....
The local ferry... been doing it for years... Just walk the plank to get on and off....
After a look around and the sun finally warmed things up...
We sat on a Cafe deck overlooking the harbour with Peter & Jackie....
I've covered Cornwall before with pictures but hadn't been to St, Michaels Mount....
The Castle you walk out to at low tide.....
Standing on the cause way that appears at low tide....
On to places like St Ives, Padstow,.....
The narrow roads requiring more care be taken not to damage the motor home than last time when in a rental car... Never Be Gentle With A Rental........
Then new ground.....
A look at Lands End.....most South Westerly landfall in the UK....
More narrow road with....
A river to ford for good measure....
Been here before but worth another look.....
Port Isacc... Home of Doc, Martin....
And then I saw it.. Like a Beached Walrus sunning itself with contentment and dreams of a past life forfilled and a "I don't give A Shit" about the rest of the world. And it goes to prove.....
If "You Wear Crocs" your a trendsetter.... Thats four of us now.......
Up the top and into Sommerset and theirs a big climb, real low gear stuff, in fact the road is so steep that in Bruces motorhome, halfway up something fell from a locker above the driver and smashed him across the head. With no barriers and about a 400 foot fall to the sea he had to continue driving yelling obsenities for Nat, to hear. Nats reply was that it could have been a bird flew in the window. "They're closed you stupid B-t-- was the reply. Anyway it turned out to be a travel iron they had been given. since been binned....
Found a toilet block to empty the cassette. Put it back in the motor home in position under the crapper. A short while at the next stop Leonie asks, " did you put blue in the cassette after you emptied it"?..
"No, I'll do it now" I say...
"OH I 've just had a Tu Tai" says Leonie....
"Jesus Christ"...
Only one answer for that...
Just need to don the appropriate gear.... Motor cycle googles and hold ones breath....
And then it was time for....
A beer... bout 10c with a wind chill, felt like 2c..... That's Wales in the background....
Next day was warmer.....
Down at sea level and called into Minehead.....
At the train station.... Old school drinking tap......
Then called and had a Geeko at the port of Watchet.....
Seems to be an world war 11 torpedo boat.....The tide was out but get this,,,, It rises 11 metres... 2nd highest tidal movement in the world....
And in the museum....
A life jacket made from cork.....
Back to Oxford for a few days stretched out like a Shanghai getting things sorted and then...
Drive to Dover and onto the ferry..
And entering the Port of Calais.......
All we can say is 'watch out, France!'
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yourselves. Kevin & Vicky - now on Kennet & Avon. Why I don't know. It's bloody horrible - and we knew that before we started.
Hi Kevin & Vicky, in Germany and all well though temperature has dropped from the mid twenties and a few showers. Certainly different to the NB but getting the hang of it. We loved the K&A... Take Care....Ray & leonie....
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