We packed the motor home away, threw the rubbish in the bins provided by our hosts and set on our way, hoping to make it to Stonehenge before the tickets we booked online kicked in..
A few losses of mobile signal and a few wrong guesses sent us on a bit of a wild goose chase where we couldn’t see the goose.. So we reinstated Helga our long unused Tomtom and “she” turned us around and got us there.
Once there we walked the mile and a half to the monument, we had the dog and he’s not allowed on the land train or bus, so we walked up to and through the copse, which was a gorgeous wood and then onto the monument. April and Theo waited at the entrance to the monument field, no dogs please, so just Tobes and I walked around it.
Toby seemed quite interested in how the stones were bought to the site, but more so in how they were positioned once they’d arrived. He worked out however how they were put up very quickly…
All in all a pleasant experience, particularly as it was free. If we weren’t English Heritage members I’m not sure we’d have stomached the £14.95 per adult price.. So after a seemingly lengthy walk back, we went back to our shiny new van.
The locations for our second night away was decided whilst having a fry up with the addition of a cuppa, for the missus, in the motorhome in the car park of Stonehenge. A novel, but excellent idea as a number of jealous people walking past seemed to support. And it was to be number 28 in the BritStops book of wonders.
A bit of washing up and a short 2.5 hour journey and we rock up to a farm/shop/mini zoo. They have alpacas, reptiles, birds of prey, and their very own Meerkat Manor (tsk) and with a restaurant/cafe I think breakfast tomorrow is sorted.
April cooked pasta bolognese, which we ate whilst admiring the torrential rain that greeted us to Somerset and Toby accidentally spilled half a glass of cherry coke over me which prompted my first use of the shower in the van.. To be honest,. We have been on camp-sites with worse showers than the one in the van. It’s warm and has enough pressure to rinse you off, it got Toby clean so, it must be up to any task.
And so the evening draws to an end soon, April and I are both worried by the cockerel that is likely to wake us up at 5 am, so it will be an early one for us. I’m probably not going to be drawn into another game of cards.. I’d prefer not to know if I’m on a losing streak.
Tomorrow I need to figure out how to keep the fridge cold.. It would seem that it only works on battery when we’re driving and not off the leisure battery, that kinda makes sense. I need to see if I can run it on gas, but I’m not a) waking Toby up right now and b) leaving it overnight running.
Good night one and all..
