PEMBROKE

Emma Isabel and I spent 5 days in SW Wales. Mainly on the beach at Newgale:

After surf bbq over looking Newgale at our "wild camp" Later the sunset:





Amazing view on our way home after visiting the Red Kite Feeding Station and Pendine Sands famous for land speed records and the filming of "when did you last see your father"

Dingle's Steam Village / Fairground Heritage Centre

Having driven up and the A30 many times and seeing the sign to Dingles Steam Village I finaly went there. This was encouraged byt leaflets I had seen about it and fomr looking at their website. This week end was a fairground organ special day.

There was a superb fairground organ from Belgium there:

I like old macines and there were lota of old steam machines there. There was also a fine collection of very old lorries. A Scammel chain driven one:

The Tamar Organ Group is now based there. They have secired some heritage lottery funding for a new concert hall there. I chatted to the guy who was there restoring their Compton organ:

Westward Ho! Surf

Isabel could not find her gloves and boots. This was a warm up session with warm water:

SOUTHAMPTON - Broken door and broken bag

I have been to Southampton three times in the last 7 days to deliver doors to the hospital and university. A fork lift driver dropped a a pallet of doors :-(

I then went to the dock to collect some flour. There was a huge cruise ship in:

When I got to Ivybridge with the flour I was told there was a broken bag :-(

Ended the week at Cardiff. Cardiff Bay, Atlantic Wharf at dusk:

BROMBORUGH - last week

Took a load of fertilizer from Launceston to Bromborough Dock:

APRIL

Last week end I took Isabel and her friend Chloe to Longleat:










In the middle of the week I had to deliver to a new primary school in Wembley:














I cycled / walked up Clent Hill. Supposed to be spectacular views but it was foggy :-( :













Local exploring around Ensis:

CONTRASTS - CITY & EXMOOR

This week I went to an amazing range of places:

TUE - Haverford West with one of the smallest loads I have ever carried. It was a nice long drive through Wales though. Couldnt make it back to Exeter though. Overnighted at Bridgewater

WED - delivered fertilizer in the Black Dog area. Collected a load for London

THU - Delivered to London. Got a back load from Tilbury for Shaftsbury. Spent the night at Shaftsbury. Had a good look around even though it was dark. Saw Golden Hill and the ruined Abby founded in 888 for women only. The views must be amazing in daylight. I will be back!

FRI - delivered fertilizer to Exmoor. Saw a lovely old manor house c 1590. The farmer showed me the paster ceiling in the living room which also had a huge open hearth with seats at either end one with a cubby hole for a mug? My second exmoor delivery took me to Countisbury between Lynton and Porlock. The farmer said the only way to get there was through Exford and up over the moor to the top of Porlock hill. What amazing countryside :-) and very narrow roads :-(. Lucky it was late Fri and not much traffic. Not like the M25 on a Fri evening. That's partly what I meant by contrasts.