West Country Wanderings
Our intrepid travellers passed through: Odiham – Sparkford – Two Bridges – St Austell – The Eden Project – Fowey – Penzance – Cape Cornwall – Lost Gardens of Heligan – Mevagissey – Cotehele Estate – Dartmeet – Home
Or: Hampshire – Wiltshire – Dorset – Somerset – Devon – Cornwall
Or even: M3 – A303 – A30 – M5 – A38 – B3357 – A386 – A30 – A391
Either way it was 640 miles.
Taking part were Graham and Michelle, Tim and Avis, Mike and Lynda and Kevin and Pat.
7am at Odiham, ready to roll
Sparkford
First stop at the Haynes Motor Museum for breakfast
Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor
And excellent birthday lunch for Mike
At the Gables in St. Austell
Hiding
The Eden project
Hoods up or brollies up, you decide.
Arriving at the Eden Project
Inside the tropical biodome
Kevin on a bridge
A giant jasper
It’s a puffing seed thing
Michelle and Lynda in Fowey waiting for tea
No fuel on the road to Penzance
Three ladies with hats and an umbrella
Advice from all three drivers delivers few results
Half of Avis at Cape Cornwall
Avis and her friends
75% of the West Country team and a lone tourist
Time for a swim
Look, now you are just being silly
Looking east
A lone admirer
And then there were three (at the Lost Gardens of Heligan)
One of the scenes of the 100: UnEarth show
Three ladies in the garden
At the Lost Gardens of Heligan
Another rope bridge
The flower gardens
Three gentlemen
Tim not sure about the troll
An unscheduled stop at the Cotehele estate
The top of Dartmoor
Graham birdspotting
Cream tea at Darkmeet before the run home
