Normally, once the schools have gone back, we try to get away for two or three weeks on an early autumn holiday. This year, for a variety of reasons, this hasn't been able to happen, and the Swan Whisperer's driving licence is still in the possession of the DVLA pending renewal, so we can't go abroad as you need to be able to show a physical driving licence on demand. But then there was a week in the diary with nothing happening, so we decided to grab the week, and the two bracketing weekends, and take ourselves up to Scotland, seeing various friends and relations while we are there.
We didn't get away as early as we'd hoped this morning, but arrived at No 6 in time for lunch (soup made by me and bread and cheese and fruit crumble bought and/or made by my sister). After lunch the SW transferred stuff to the WoMo, and I helped put it away, and then we set off. This pub, the Garnon Bushes, allows a motorhome to park up for free as long as you have a meal there, and I had bravely rung up and booked our place for this evening. Only I had to ring them up again en route because the traffic was terrible and ask if our reservation could be put back a bit! The drive took longer than it ought to have done, primarily due to congestion around the M2/M25 junction, and between it and the Dartford Crossing. After that, it was a straight run up the M25, and part of the M11 before turning off. One of the things I am not so fond of when we holiday in the UK is that there are so very few reasonable alternatives to the motorways.
Anyway, we got here at last and are parked up in a corner of the pub's car park, nicely sheltered from the wind. I'm as glad that Storm Amy will have got out of the way before we head much further north! We ate in the pub; the food was okay, quite edible, but far too much of it. I'm sure my plateful could have fed a family of four!
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