What are you all up to
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Enjoy your travels ABM.
We had a good morning with the happy holiday makers in central Bridport, it wasn't half busy, OH and me had trouble parking (that's code for an argument
) The big band we'd gone to see played well except when the traffic lights changed and a pesky motorbike provided background revs for Summer Time, hard to keep time with that going on! I have to say the good people of Brid enjoyed the music, in fact some put down their shopping bags and market trinkets and could be seen dancing to "Sway" at 11am in the morning, I did wonder if any of them had emerged from camp sites earlier than usual...
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We're away staying at a new cl to us called Furze Farm near Louth in Lincolnshire. It's a short tow (about 45 mins) due to work on Monday. 😐. What a surprise to find that we have our own emaculate toilet/shower room per pitch. 😮😊 (never had that before). We normally use our on board facilities but this is a very pleasant change. We've had a lovely pub lunch in a local restaurant and now relaxing back in the van having watched the F1 qualifying. This is what caravaning is all about. 😊
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Arrived here today at 2 this afternoon and are now all set up for the next couple of weeks. We left home on Thursday afternoon and stayed over at DAndy Dinmont caravan park near Carlisle and then yesterday headed down to CHapel Lane C&MC. Yesterday’s drive was long mainly due to roadworks on the M6-M5 horrendous but still we made it and had a nice night as usual at Chapel Lane. Moved on down here today nice easy 3 hour tow. Weather excellent so Cadac is on and we are sitting out enjoying the sun. Hope everyone else iis having a nice day too.
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Today is our last day in North Devon. 😢 Weather has been a bit cloudy today but still warm.
Stocked up with a few bits in Ifracombe this morning then back to the site to take the awning down.
Just treating ourselves to a meal out tonight.
It's been a fabulous week ☺
Will catch up with everything when home.
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Woke up this morning to an "off' smell in the kitchen. OH has very little sense of smell so no help ☹. Having cleared out cleaned most of the kitchen cupboards I finally tracked the smell. One of the eggs in my egg basket had cracked and gone bad. All sorted now but not the Saturday morning I had planned😁. Then got the bedrooma ready for son and family from N Ireland visit this week. Decided to go into town this afternoon for some retail therapy. Got a couple of bargains in the sales. Wilko had run out of our normal bird seed so had to get something different so we will see how that goes down🤔.
Glad you have enjoyed N Devon Helen. Such a lovely part of the country.
Enjoy your 'holiday' WN
Where are you Francis? I am sure you have told us but I must have missed it.
Enjoy Ferry Meadows ABM. I think it is dry.
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Francis - what route are you taking on your return? (I know, I know, you've only just arrived!
)If you are in the C&CC, we've found that diverting for a stop at the Wolverley site near Kidderminster means you can avoid most of the M5/M6 junction nightmare.
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Busy, busy day again. OH cracking on with the outdoor work, I took a trip in to the shops.
Once home got stuck into helping OH, more painting of the new wood.
Both now suffering sore backs and knees.
Weather has been good, not totally blue skies but sunny and nice and warm.
Ironing still not done
Happy weekend folks, have a good one.
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Wherenext - we do have some lovely cl's here. We seem to be building quite a repotroire of weekend sites. 😊 I must admit, we did initially balk at the price of this one (£20 or £25 weekends) as Lincolnshire rates tend to be £15 a night but this place is 5 star and as a one off I don't mind the price. The owners are very approachable and friendly and there's even a games room with a pool table and dart board. We've just played three games of pool where I managed a few good shots (accidentally ☺️) but OH beat me.
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Fingers crossed they complete the M5 Oldbury viaduct works by the autumn as planned Francis. Last year when it was really bad we went off on the M42 from the M5, then took the M6 toll north of Brum. Didn't help a huge amount due to the smart system going in on the M6, it took us 9 hours to get to the Lakes. They seem to do the most roadworks they can in the school holidays.
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ADD - I was watching Gardeners World last night and there was a report about a wildflower meadow near Louth. It was mainly the work of one 80+ year old guy who'd overseen the conversion of 60 acres of arable land into a traditional meadow, largey through growing cowslips from seed at his home. I think it might have been one of the "jubilee meadows". Certainly worth keeping an eye open for while you're there.
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My goodness HD, you've had a tough week there. Glad to hear that your mum has had her op and is obviously feeling a good bit better. Hope that the consultation for OH's hip op goes well and that the sale of the shop finally goes through.
I had to the do the Bowel Cancer Smear test when we got back home and the results came back normal, thankfully. After visits to the dentist for us both OH has to go back to have a couple of fillings done on Friday. It's going to be a busy end to the week, what with Smart meters being installed Wednesday morning, OH's 6 monthly blood check in the afternoon, caravan service Thursday, and if all's well there booking our next trip. I completed the polishing of the inside of the caravan today, and decided to clean the outside facing sides of the concertina screes.....wish I hadn't bothered, as it took me 3/4hrs to do one small on. Only another 7 to go!!!
Glad you've had a good time in S.Devon, Helen and have a safe tow home.
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HD
I assume that because of all the preamble you would have had prior to the letter it is not a complete surprise? I suppose more or new medication to follow?
David
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Francis, you could come off M5 at Jnct 6 and follow the A449 to Kidderminster, the A442 through Bridgenorth past Telford and join the A41 to Whichurch and the A49 to the M56 junct 10 and then back onto the M6 one junction later. We use that route going south most times, it may not be the fastest but it does avoid all frustrations of the motorway holdups.
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I think this may be it Mousley. It's near Goulceby /Asterby.
https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/posts/view/jewel-in-the-crown
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This is a quote from a petition web site regarding Flowering meadows.
"Just last Friday The Today Programme – the BBC’s flagship, agenda-setting news show – interviewed Dr Trevor Dines from Joan’s Hill, a stunning ancient meadow in Herefordshire. His passion and enthusiasm for magnificent meadows resonated deeply with nature-lovers; the following day people flocked to National Meadows Day events across the UK and the hashtag trended on Twitter."
For anyone that would like to join in the petition here's the link.
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, oh well I best put the cream cake back in the fridge 
