the fiat 500!
the old Abbey in Lacock - built 800 years ago
inside the old Abbey
friday:
tube to heathrow and picked up the fiat 500
drove to stonehenge
such blue blue skies. feel very lucky to have seen it in that light
drove on to lacock
small heritage listed town just near bath
wandered the grounds
bought some oatcakes, cheese and pickle and ate lunch in the park
drove on to bristol
wonderfully friendly b & b
into town for dinner - burger - saw the suspension bridge and loved the area called clifton
had a cider on a floating pub called the grain barge
high street in brixham
beer + a view
river cottage meal
saturday:
full english breakfast at the b & b, hit the road
drove back into bristol for a final look around ... wet wet wet ...
hit the motorway and drove down to seaside town brixham
wandered town centre, little shops - colourful buildings - lots of boats
drove through torquay - so windy! - and on to axminster
had a beer in the sun on a hill over looking axminster
picked damo up from the train - river cottage for dinner
a-mazing
drove to bournemouth for night's acommodation
full full full moon and clouds in front of us on the drive home. just stunning.
bournemouth
the new forest
portsmouth
sunday:
woke up in bournemouth
hit the road
saw the pier - freezing and windy
drove to christchurch
wandered the waterside and church grounds
massive white swans!
drove in to the new forest
what a beautiful part of the world ... wild ponies wandering everywhere!
had a pub lunch in portsmouth
lovely little seaside town
wandered through to the pier
drove back to heathrow - epic hour and a half tube/bus ride home due to tube closures
soundtrack of the journey:
discovered heart fm and BBC devon! favourites included:
Chaka Khan - Aint Nobody
Billy Joel - Always A Woman
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Adele - Rollin' In The Deep
Bee Jees - How Deep Is Your Love