Chilton Country Pub and Hotel
Travel Blogs from Fencehouses
Floods in the UK
... the UK will experience severe flooding more frequently as climate change takes hold. The floods have severely disrupted people's lives and will cost the economy millions of pounds – highlighting the foolishness of the chancellor's insistence in only talking about the costs of tackling climate change. The UK government must stop dragging its feet on decarbonising our economy and show global ...
Off to Heathrow for a flight down south
... after some ribs for me and potato skins for Deb, were on the plane which leave pretty much on time, waiting for drinks was a bit like waiting for a bus but inevitably after an hour, two turn up at once, happy holidays. Later that same night...... Not sure what's going on, looks like the chosen few got fed, but we weren't part of that elitist group, ah well, looks like the one AM drinks are on there way, Ooh, and there's food too, and as good as it gets for airline ...
Back home again
... was quick, the luggage waiting for us (very impressive) and we just straight onto the Heathrow Express. This got us nicely into paddington to connect with the 1806 so we were back in Home by 2130 tired but glad we had made that train as the next we 2 hours later.
All in all a fantastic holiday which went like clockwork and we both enjoyed every second. Thanks for everyone who commented, we read them with great interest and the odd laff.
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Brake issues ...
... place we tried to drive through... but we couldn't find our way into the centre and ended up driving round and round a car park. Not quite the thing.
But the bit we did see seemed to have loads of "alternative" shops, signs and all.
A few days ago, when we were on our way back from collecting the car, to go on this trip, we stopped in Midhurst to fill up with petrol and were stuck. The brakes were solidly on, so we squeaked and squealed our way to ...
Exeter and South
October 2nd Tuesday
The morning was filled with adventure, the weather is constant, but we decided to visit Exeter, visit the cathedral and the downtown area. We were very excited about the ability to have access to the internet at the lodge for the first time since we arrived. The Benett's had contacted the service provider and he was able to fix the system at the lodge. Now all of ...