STILL WAITING!

On Friday (26^th April) we successfully transferred funds from our account Down Under into the bank

account of our vendor….i.e. the money has gone from our bank but as it takes a couple or more working

days to land in their bank, we are still waiting for confirmation of receipt before we can move on. 

After doing that, we drove to Dunster and visited the castle…last time we tried, 4 years ago, it was

closed on the day we were there so now we can say that we’ve been, and it was well worth the visit!

We spent the best part of some time there and found it to be very impressive with beautiful furniture,

tapestries, paintings etc., gorgeous gardens and with magnificent views. 

Our next stop was Minehead and a feast of  fish and chips

 

followed by a nostalgic visit for Mike M. to Allerford and The Pack Horse, (www.thepackhorse-exmoor.co.uk) holiday accommodation where he and Marion had previously stayed.

Brian and Linda, the owners, were happy to show us around each of the self contained apartments, all recently renovated and ideal for a base for visitorsto tour this lovely area. From there we went on to Lynmouth via Porlock and Porlock Weir, up a narrow toll road which was a little bit scary in places.  Just before we arrived in Lynmouth, we caught up to a Frazer Nash open vintage sports car and when it turned off into the car park of the Tors Hotel, overlooking the village, we followed it, to find a dozen others already there, with more arriving shortly after.  The hotel was closed for a private function so we assumed that

there was some sort of rally about to begin for the enthusiasts and continued our drive down to the

village, where we parked the car and bought ice creams which we ate while strolling around being

Tourists.

On Saturday, it was an earlyish start for the drive to Bridport in Dorset.  Marion’s Mum lives there

and after a stroll through the street markets and a light lunch in a lovely little café, we spent a pleasant

couple of hours catching up with her over afternoon tea before driving back to Somerset for Marion’s

yummy Beef Bourguignon.  Another splendid day!

Yesterday, Sunday 28^th, was the day we caught up with Jo and Simon in Wiltshire and their delightful children,

Who’ve both grown up considerably since we last saw them, as children do.  We were treated to a very tasty lunch of Beef Rendang, followed by a Chocolate Roulade…another delicious meal…we’ve been so well fed here that it’ll be hard to leave.

Today, Monday 29^th started slowly, with us not doing much until after lunch…then we drove into

Bridgwater to do some shopping.  We’d made a list of supplies needed to make the motorhome habitable

a  A few more things required,

nd comfortable so visited a few budget shops to make a few purchases.

mainly a motorhome to put them in, but that’s not very exciting reading.