Ferry Booked

Ferry booked to Santander on 9th, a few camping cheques ordered, travel guides and insurance sorted. Just need a calm sea, a bit of sun and get the Spanish phrase books out again!

Euro 2010 plan

Looks like we are off to Spain again this year. Plymouth to Santander on 9th May then east to the Costa Brava via the Pyrenees, Lourdes and Andora. Probably return home thru central France (Millau bridge route) diverting to Carcassonne, Tarn and Ardeche getting back by beginning of July.  

Oxford and home

Had a pleasant few hours orientation walk around Oxford, looking for Morse & Lewis (or was it Marks and Spencer!) and the famous colleges. Took some photographs and noted a few places to come back to see, when we are not on a flying visit like today. Lunched at Zizzi's (Rosemary had a voucher as usual) and we stopped at Baddesley Clinton (NT property) for 'a brew' on the way home, arriving back early evening.

We travelled around 420 miles and found that we had packed all the essentials, so it was good trail run. The 'squeaky springs problem' started again so a bit of DIY with PTFE and spray-on grease is needed somewhere!  

Swans in Dorset

Left Charmouth after breakfast and went to West Bay to walk along the
beach under the towering weathered sandy cliffs (a bit like Petra maybe).
Then to Abbotsbury swannery which we had never visited before.
Very well behaved swans nesting everywhere and a field of spring lambs
on route. Coffee and cake in the cafe with the birds singing - a very
English afternoon.

Stopped at C&CC site in Oxford for the night without hook-up to check the battery and gas heating (bit cold at night). Expect to have a walk round Oxford in the morning before returning home after lunch.

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Charmouth and Lyme Regis

Made it to Charmouth by 5:30pm on Monday afternoon  and found a space on the touring field at Seadown Park for 2 nights. Set out to walk to Lyme Regis along the beach for lunch - a bit too early as it turned out. Nearly reached our destination but had to wait almost an hour for the tide to go out enough for us to negotiate the Lyme Regis breakwaters. We finally arrived at 3-30 but the fish and chip lunch was just as welcome. Caught the bus back! 

Pre-season trial run

 Just 2 or 3 nights away to check if everything (including the driver and passenger!) is still in working order before deciding to go abroad. Heading for Dorset/Charmouth area but may end up anywhere in between depending on when we get away and the traffic. It would be nice to see the sea again as the weather forecast is sunny by day but cool at night.

Baveria or Pyrenees?

Its decision time - need to escape the election!

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