In the early hours of Saturday morning Jules and I set off for our weekend away in Devon. It was still dark as we packed the Mini and drove off. The sun rose as we headed down the M3 towards Southampton. A bright round red sun rose in the rear view mirror, slowly turning orange and then too bright to look at. Blinding. The majority of cars still had their lights on. Some though didn't. The worst ones were the cars behind, and on a dual carriageway coming up to overtake you, you can't actually see them! Still, we survived the journey. Past Stonehenge in a slow moving stream of traffic, all heading in the same direction with the same intent... getting away for the weekend. It was misty and difficult to see the stones. Some of the sheep where mistaken for the stones until they moved or Jules could see more clearly. Up and down through the Blackdown Hills. Still misty, the sun still rising and the countryside still looking good....
The M5 motorway was a welcome sight. Not long to go... for a coffee. Just down the road for 2 minutes on the left was the slip road for the services and... coffee. By now it was surprisingly busy and a "fight" to get to the toilets was inevertable. With the toilets out of the way, straight to the coffee bar, "Two lattes to go please". Had to make a phone call for the second mortgage to pay for them, but it was worth it. Walked back out to the car and admired two VW camper vans of early vintage. Quite funny really, one was good looking but sounded rough and the other looked rough but sounded good and smooth. Back in the car for the final 40 minutes to Newton Abott.
We spent the day with Matthew, my brother, and his family. He, his wife, Julie, and youngest, Melmel took us into Torquay where we wondered around and had some lunch. A french market, all very expensive food (of sorts) and then icecream, umm yum yum!
The late afternoon was snooze time and then fish and chips on the sea front with Matthew, Julie, daughters and boyfriends... A really good day.
Sunday was a more relaxed affair. Breakfast at the B&B was a good full English. Jules and I then had a prayer time, this was good. Then Devon countryside beckoned. Green bushed and trees hiding wonderful waterfalls, and the views from the top, wow.
Stonehenge on the way home... we didn't pay the £7 each to look at a bunch of stones. It's not as if you can get up close and touch. Hey ho! We took some photos from the road. The drive home was uneventful.
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