We were late departing. Getting the hang of the Alco wheel
lock has baffled me; no matter how hard I try, getting the locking mechanisms
aligned takes me an age. Which, I guess, is the point. We are getting quicker
at putting on front cover, using the motor mover and hitching up though. Nose weight
gauge used and load redistributed, we left 45 minutes after arriving. We aim to
get it down to 30mins max.
Of course, the delay was also due to the fact that every
time I cross the Tamar bridge I need to find a loo for a pee. I know,
ridiculous, but true. What is it about entering Cornwall that makes me need a
loo immediately we enter the Saltash tunnel?
Cut a long story short, we managed to reach the A30 heading
for Exeter and there lies another point. Which is the quicker route – back to
the A38, over the bridge and up to Exeter? Or up to Launceston and then onto
the A30? Either way, another loo stop needed at Exeter Services and for the
first time, with caravan behind, we had to pull in to the lorry park. A novel
experience!
Our destination? Our first big caravan trip to Hordle in the
New Forest and a lovely little site ‘The Dragonfly Stables’. A warm welcome
from the owner’s daughter and before we knew it, the caravan was on the field,
levelled up, the kettle on and we were admiring the horses and the countryside
views.
We can recommend Mr Pink’s ‘Fish and chip shop’ at Milford
on Sea. Down on the sea front, watching the setting sun and the pink streaks
across the sky with odd grey clouds scudding overhead, we ate our chips and
watched anglers with bright head torches hurling their baited rigs seawards.
Good luck to them too. Let’s hope they didn’t suffer the misfortune that one of
our anglers suffered yesterday. Posing for a photo with a 6” sole poised over
his open mouth for the obligatory photo……the sole slipped out of his hands,
down his throat and caused him to choke and then have a cardiac arrest. The
paramedics described it as the most bizarre case they had ever attended in
their thirty years of duty! And yes it is a true story which made our national
press and news on Friday 13th!!
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