A simple day today of putting up the Christmas decorations in the house we are staying at. Annabel got into full swing, and helped put the tree up. For me, it was a day of helping where possible, without getting under anybody’s feet. The evening we all sat and watch a weird new film called,…

A working morning, but for the afternoon, I had been invited around to see a friends house in the village – here he restores, builds and engineers traction engines, model railways, and cuts water wheels as reqiured! It’s not for me to share too much of a private house, but an enjoyable day. Our evening…

A simple day today, walking the lab, and working through various jobs. No real exploring, but we must earn our crust!

Leaving Burley in the morning, we headed to Lyndhurst for a look around the largest town in the New Forest. We had been warned about the one-way system in the town, and I was glad we visited in early December – summer months can surely see gridlock on the town streets and – indeed –…

Tuesday, we packed up once more our belongings, and headed up the A38 towards our next stop – an evening in the New Forest to recover some items we had left behind during our last visit in August. After a couple of slices of spiced apple cake for breakfast, we hit the road in good…

Well, the first of my school friends turned 50 today – it was unaudiable, but I think all of us who had grown up together were thinking, ‘blimey!’ Morning was a relaxed affair, before lunch at the Port Eliot cafe, The Stables (a cafe also used in Beyond Paradise) – the evening a few drinks…

Sunday, a lovely mea with my parents, and a game of cards in the afternoon. Our evening was a move to a new host, the birthday boy, and we have a lovely meal and a relaxed evening – Christmas is coming – Where Eagles Dare was the film.

Well almost. Saturday found us having a peaceful morning in the house we are staying at. Annabel had her hair done, while I caught up on some work. In the afternoon we returned to the beer festiva to catch up with some other friends, who couldn’t make the Friday. The evening was spent with out…

The next few days of our travels have been around familiar stomping grounds, as we visited Liskeard for my friend’s 50th birthday. I will keep the posts brief. After a morning of work, and haircuts, we had lunch with at Golitha Falls, a well known local beauty spot near Liskeard. Sitting by the river Fowey,…

We woke and decided to have breakfast on the shore in Plymouth Barbican – thining this would give us a breather after our journey to sort things out – sadly we hadn’t counted on winter having arrived with vengeance. Freezing wind bighting around the car as we got out to head for some food, all…