In view of my track record at organising week-ends away you'd think MFC would have passed when I suggested driving down to Plymouth for the week-end. He didn't. No disasters this time. We drove down the long way and now that MFC is more familiar with my total obliviousness of how cold other people may be he came prepared and did not freeze to death (much) while patiently waiting for me to finish stretching my legs and taking in a bit of fresh air on Chesil Beach. The first room meant easy access to beer and the best chips in Dartmoor Lack of visibility on the moors meant that opting for the rather navigationally unchallenging Little and Great Mis Tor was probably not an unwise decision and the lack of view was made up by the chance discovery of a letter box (the ancestor of geocaching) Next MFC indulged me and let me revisit some old haunts. Obviously the fact that one of them means beer (warning before you follow the link the rather silly "real Ale" theme tune is likely to make you giggle) and the other means rather excellent burger in an outstanding Plymouth institution had nothing to do with his indulgence, no siiire. Despite fears to the contrary the room for the second night had not suffered the touch of Basil Faulty. Service came with a smile and the only drawback to the large breakfast was that however appealing crab sanwiches on offer in Polperro sounded we were still too full to indulge. The weather was kind enough to hold the hail and showers till we started to head back home. The only disappointment of the trip was that the Highwayman Inn was closed so I did not get a chance to get MFC to test out the rather bizzare effects of the scrumpy they served when I last went there. Mind you getting my navigator intoxicated enough that he saw Datmoor poneys were there aren't any would probably not have qualified as one of the world's most brilliant ideas so it's probably best that he'll have to take my word for it when I say the place is weird and the brew is even weirder.
West Country Boy
19.3.07 17:11
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Hope / Website (19.3.07 22:24) Sounds like a fabulous holiday! Glad you had fun! |
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fimb / Website (20.3.07 18:34) Sounds fabulous. And thats a great photo of YFC |
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stroppycow / Website (21.3.07 18:54) Thanks, Proof that even *I* can't mess it up evrytime :-). |
