Day 162 – Friday 17th August 2018
Not so blowy today, having a walk to Bull Point.
What is it with these dog owners? It’s the countryside not the park. Foxes shit here, cows shit here, sheep shit here. Everything shits here; nature takes care of it in a week or two. Why the need to bag up your dog’s shit then dump it so it’s there forever?
I walked into Mortehoe
I joined in the celebrations with a cone of chips!
Day 163 – Saturday 18th August 2018
A very overcast morning, up early and off to Ilfracombe to catch the ferry to Lundy.
The boat trip to Lundy takes about 2 hours so we only had 3¾ hours on the island.
The village consists of a Tavern, an information centre in a garage and a general store.
After Julie bought some postcards with Lundy stamps and posted them in the blue letterbox we headed north.
We headed back to the tavern in the village.
Our departure was delayed by over half an hour when some numpties who had been staying on the island at a place called Tibbetts didn’t show up for the boat and they sent a Landrover to go and bring them back.
I think a few of days on Lundy with good weather in May or June with the Puffins nesting and young seals about would wonderful. 3¾ hours on a foggy day with a howling wind is not so wonderful.
Day 164 – Sunday 19th August 2018
Cards and backgammon. Treated myself to a pizza but it was the worst campsite pizza I’ve had so far this year.
Day 165 – Monday 20th August 2018
Up early and back to Reigate. Ignored Doris and went all the way to the M5 via A361. Absolutely fine, no hold ups.
Somewhere on the M5 I heard a funny noise from the kerb side of the van. Nothing looked out of place in the wing mirror.
When I got out to fuel the van…
Day 166 – Tuesday 21st August 2018
My phone battery only lasts two hours now so got it replaced today, phone’s completely dead now.
Day 167 – Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Busy morning getting everything loaded and working on my new phone. I don’t think I could have done it without Google remembering everything.
Tidied up van and set off to Berwick to get the exhaust adjusted. At the mo there’s only 92mm of ground clearance.
Day 168 – Thursday 23rd August 2018
While the exhaust clearance issue was being sorted I had to find something to do. Berwick is a one horse town whose horse has died.
I resisted temptation and went for a walk in the countryside.
It being England and August it wasn’t long before it started to rain.
We ended the day in Brighton. Just a little break before we head to Scandi next Thursday.