The Montana Hotel Torquay

It was getting late after all our super day of sightseeing. The plan was to spend the night in a caravan park somewhere by the ocean, and fill up the water in the van, have a hot shower and relax.

The park we were set on was to our uneducated ears, expensive at £22, after all, we are only parking on their land and using a few of their facilities... and we are on a ...

OMG only 3 more days to go before we are off wheely bagging ( Geriatric backpacking)

we have now just about settled in the new house and are now off again.

Looking forward to travelling and hoping that you all will follow us and keep in touch...those of you who have been to the same locations feel free to tell us some good places to go !

write again when we have gone somewhere

Well here we are at a very nice site, all singing and dancing. Our own water and waste and TV point.

The showers and toilets all immaculate and piped music!!!

We have the trailer now thank goodness.
More later

MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2009

Well not a lot yet to report on Newton Abbot we are just chilling out a bit.

Cycled into Newton Abbot today to have a look in the shops, same shops ...

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.

... bureau and bought some souvenirs and then at a form shop for lunch.

Wound our way through one lane lanes to eventually get the through Torrington and follow the river down to Bideford.

Decided to stay with Lona's brother John instead of the usual Aunt Rose accommodation, she's not happy but will get over it. Yesterday was Bideford Regatta so we spent the morning on the quay ...

... send it off to be published. Called Girl at the Farm Gate.

Thursday morning Lona & I walked to the top of the High Street, my previously good knee was quite sore when we got back for lunch and a quiet afternoon. In the evening we drove down to Brixham on the southern end of Tor Bay to a Cafe/Restaurant ...

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 ...

... 2 of the group were caught but only because of me, not because of the security guards.
Another of the boys who managed to get away then entered the club the following night and had the cheek to ask me how my boys were as i passed him, sat at a table with his friends. Security have told me that they do not have cctv on site so apart from the 2 that were arrested finally, the others have got away ...

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 ...

... descended into melancholy as she pictured a bereft Catherine standing windblown on the opposite hill searching the horizon for Heathcliff (played by Colin Firth). I sincerely believe that Tintagel is a place of great evil. Even I was effected, standing at the very edge of the cliff and hearing the call of the depraved Morgan , "jump, Michael, jump". By the time we returned to the car we were exhausted. A brace of Cornish ice cream had ...