ANZAC DAY Down Under!!

On Tuesday we drove to a village called Street for a poke around Clark’s Village, a factory outlet complex - bought a pair of shoes for me and a hoodie for Mike, had tea/ hot chocolate in a little tea shop and after a bit more wandering, drove to Ashcott for lunch at The Retreat  which is a pub with an upstairs hostel conversion for returned soldiers from Afghanistan. 

Lunch was superb, the service from the young people who waited on us was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed a leisurely couple of hours there before moving on to Mudgely and Wilkins’ Cider Farm, which we first visited in 2009.  We bought some real cider, cheese, jams and pickles for Boris. All in all a splendid day. 

We drove into Taunton on Wednesday and extended the car hire with Hertz as it will be a few more days before we can collect ‘Boris’.  The funds are going via the moon, we think, so we’ll just have to wait.  Driving ‘home’ through the gorgeous Quantock Hills, down narrow, hedge lined lanes just wide enough for one car, we took a wrong turn and became a little bit lost.  Not to worry, ‘Kenny”, our GPS found the way back for us but not before we oohed and aahed at the spectacular views of  the hills and dales and the Bristol Channel in the distance.

We will drink a toast to all of our servicemen and women later on today at beer o'clock. Thanks Laurie.
After much instruction Mike Madd. took this photo for The Anzacs.