The Barnstaple Hotel

Well a bit behind with the blog due to no connection so here is a quick update.
We booked into Middlewick farm for a few days before going to Dad's and Mo's for a few days whilst "No Fixed Abode" was away being fitted with a tow bar.
The farm site was very quiet and relaxing, full of sweet smells of dung and pig poop!!!!
Truck dog Poppy thought it was great fun chasing the chickens!!
Hope you like the vid and pics.

... the scullers including Sharen and Jo in the fours. They did no good at all even with us coming all this way to support them!! Spent the rest of the afternoon in No 1, The Talbot Inn at the bottom of High St, always been called No 1 but no one knows why. Lona cooked dinner at Johns for 6.30 and he just made it.

Weather has been gorgeous again, yesterday and today. We took Aunt Rose and ...

Well not a lot we can say here really. The site here is very quiet ************e here don't know why but they have reduced their prices to encourage people to come. It is very nice clean and tidy and the people are helpful. The countryside is beautiful around the are and the site runs along side the river.

No photo's I'm afraid as we have been here there and everywhere the last couple of days catching up on things and today looking for a trailer............... and still ...

We arrived at Witheridge to spend some time with dad a Mo and collect the truck dog poppy! She had spent the week with them as it might have been too much excitement for her in Dorset.

We even got to sleep in the house in a real bed and have a BATH!! No we ...

... sunning themselves on a beach

- arctic fox

- bearded and harbour seals

- reindeer

- ivory gulls, puffins and many other bird varieties

- daily kayaking amongst icebergs – certainly chilly !!

- reaching 80 degrees North

- midnight sun

- 4 course gourmet meals for lunch and dinner (hard to ...

Well firstly hope you enjoy following us on our travels, but first let us tell you a little about what we are up to.

We had always planned to travel in a motor home when we retired but events have brought that closer to us by 10 - 15 years.

Last September Dee suffered a Subaracnoid hemorrhage a major life changing event for us both.
He successfully had it coiled in October ...

Amz and I went down to Dunster Castle in Dunster, which is a Medievil Village its awesome! We caught a disel train down and back, we tried to catch a proper steam train but we kept missing them by like 10 minutes! anyway still was very pretty trip down thru the country side and along the sea.
We then walked into town-a little bit of a mission- so to refresh ourselves we indulged in a cream tea which im sooooo in love ...

... guess what, the Penzance train got diverted and wasn't calling at Bath anymore. I must admit, I thought we were a little bit screwed, but luckily they always make or have a plan. We thought we were finally on the train and on our way at last, but no.. The train we were in now, going to Bristol, decided it was time for it's brakes to fail. Oh how safe I felt... After about another 10 minutes we were on a 'speed-train' to Bristol. Speed my ass! At Bristol, we waited even ...

... t raining it was grey and dark and grey. And windy. Which was a problem for The Hat (mark II) since it's very top heavy and tends to blow off. And since Troll's got a new camera, she went all artyfarty on your ass. See? Grey.

It's weird being back here in Crediton getting back into the swing of work and the prospect of being on my own again.

Our last day of travel was pretty uneventful we just had a quick drive through Dartmoor. I showed mum Hay Tor, the Dartmoor ponies and we stopped for an icy pole.

I really enjoyed this trip and all the ...