Well, last night showed us what motor homers have been keeping quiet, the ability to stop “anywhere” (pretty much) and enjoy vista such as the one that we awoke to was something I’m tempted to keep schtum about.
The view that welcomed us from slumber
We awoke and sat and stared, agape, it was a truly glorious morning not a sound was to be heard anywhere and we truly understood the pull of this type of camping.
We weren’t able to stay there for long, we had to somehow get closer to home so after a peruse through the BritStops book of goodness we set off with an Indian Restaurant just outside Warminster in mind. I must admit I thought all my birthdays had come at once, staying overnight at an Indian Restaurant can only mean one thing, I get a curry!!
The road was narrow at times, but the views were breathtaking April did a sterling job of keeping the van on the road; even though it would seem that Somerseters were keen to drive on our side of the road, her road rage was kept in excellent check. So we decided to stop in Bridgewater and grab a decent road map, had a wander down the town waiting for the shops to open to the River Parrett. After breakfast at Costa, WH Smiths was open so we popped in for a map and in between there and Sports Direct we somehow lost April’s Purse.
We headed for Warminster and stopped at a play park for Toby to kick his new ball around and they had a play area with a paddling pool, well that meant Toby needed his trunks and had a good splash in the freezing cold outdoor water. Once he was dry we headed off for the restaurant. We pulled into their car-park and it didn’t take us long to realise that we would have to sleep next to quite a major A road, April wasn’t comfortable with this so we got the BritStops book out again and found a pub just the other side of Winchester (another hours drive though), the book said they were closing for the afternoon, so a quick phone call from me and they were most welcoming, wishing us a very good night in their car-park.
We arrived after 7pm and as yet hadn’t eaten, I rustled up a fry up as we had everything we needed and got ready to stay. This evening I managed to get a good few minutes of stargazing done as it was very dark and very clear that evening.
