We're just back from a few days family holiday in Devon. We managed to leave the house around 8.30 am on Monday and headed west on roads that weren’t at all busy. Everything beyond Bristol is unfamiliar to me so it was fun driving through Avon and Somerset into Devon. We'd arranged to meet Eleri’s sisters and families in Tiverton at noon. They were coming from Cardiff and Trowbridge. We were a little ahead of schedule and thought of coming off the main highway and visiting the Clarks village to check out the shoes. It was further off the beaten track than we realised, though, so stopping at a tiny village called Cossington briefly, we headed back and reached Tiverton, where we had a nice picnic lunch with the others by the canal.
We headed in convoy to our holiday destination, which we found fairly easily (Ian has a satnav). We stayed in Alminstone House, Alminstone, a very small village near Woolfardisworthy - not much bigger.
The house was unimpressive from the outside but a very large kitchen and a decent living area - all we wanted really so everyone was quite content once we'd allocated rooms. Eleri and I got the en suite but not a four poster. The boys were disappointed that there was no games room and only 4 TV channels.
Anyway we had a nice relaxing evening. We played soccer and sat about a bit. Some of us tried to watch the film King Arthur but it is as bad as the critics say. Nain and Taid arrived about 10.30. Geoff had been preaching at big meetings in Maesycwmmer as Scotsman Kenny Stewart had had to pull out last minute. Lovely to be together. We haven’t holidayed like this for three years now.
We headed in convoy to our holiday destination, which we found fairly easily (Ian has a satnav). We stayed in Alminstone House, Alminstone, a very small village near Woolfardisworthy - not much bigger.
The house was unimpressive from the outside but a very large kitchen and a decent living area - all we wanted really so everyone was quite content once we'd allocated rooms. Eleri and I got the en suite but not a four poster. The boys were disappointed that there was no games room and only 4 TV channels.
Anyway we had a nice relaxing evening. We played soccer and sat about a bit. Some of us tried to watch the film King Arthur but it is as bad as the critics say. Nain and Taid arrived about 10.30. Geoff had been preaching at big meetings in Maesycwmmer as Scotsman Kenny Stewart had had to pull out last minute. Lovely to be together. We haven’t holidayed like this for three years now.
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