Week 24

Day 162 – Friday 17th August 2018

Not so blowy today, having a walk to Bull Point.

No bulls here just sheep,

a lighthouse,

some scenery

and of course some dogshit bags along the way.

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

There was a wedding on

I joined in the celebrations with a cone of chips!

I imagine this is how Tom Daley and his husband dress

Day 163 – Saturday 18th August 2018

A very overcast morning, up early and off to Ilfracombe to catch the ferry to Lundy.

I love the smell of pasty in the morning

The M.S. Oldenberg

The boat trip to Lundy takes about 2 hours so we only had 3¾ hours on the island.

Once off the MS Oldenberg there was a long walk uphill to the village.

Just in case you’ve absolutely no idea which island you have just landed on

The village consists of a Tavern, an information centre in a garage and a general store.

The Marisco Tavern

More bagged poo

After Julie bought some postcards with Lundy stamps and posted them in the blue letterbox we headed north.

They have a thing about letterboxes on Lundy

The Old Light. That’s me at the top.

There’s a lot of granite on Lundy – Dead Cow Point

By this time of year the Puffins have all left the island, all that remains now are their empty burrows up by Jenny’s Cove.

Suddenly the cloud came in and with the howling wind things got very wet.

The Old Light in cloud

We headed back to the tavern in the village.

a lot of people hiding from the wind and cloud here

On the way back to the boat we saw some seals!

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.

Never learnt tell the time?

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

A foggy day in damage Barton

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…

If I ever manage to source a replacement that could be an expensive piece of trim

Day 166 – Tuesday 21st August 2018

A 60th birthday present from the NHS – bowel cancer screening kit.

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.

Got stuck in a logjam just by Gatwick north terminal. The problem is cars can’t get off the roundabout to get to the terminal. No wonder Gatwick has such a terrible reputation these days.

20 minutes later I neared the M23. The exit slipway on the right is completely snarled up. People are walking up it with cases. What a start to their holidays. WTF is wrong with British airports?

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.

It has a service station

a post office

a train station that doesn’t have any info on trains such as a timetable,

and a pub serving breakfasts!

I resisted temptation and went for a walk in the countryside.

I settled down on a bench with a lovely view of the South down and surfed the internet as you do.

It being England and August it wasn’t long before it started to rain.

 I can really recommend breakfast at the Berwick Inn!

We ended the day in Brighton. Just a little break before we head to Scandi next Thursday.

Nelly on Madeira Drive, minus the difficult to locate wheel arch trim.

Right next to the beach 🙂

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