August. '09

After 4 years we thought it would be a nice idea to dust the camping equipment off and give it a try again. It was decided that we would head for the UK South West area and visit the Somerset area. We traveled via Dunkerque to Dover and from there towards Bristol. Eventually we ended up on a small familiy camping called Netherdale south of Bristol.

The weather was typically British but that did not spoil our fun very much. We visited the helicopter museum near Westham-Super-Mare and naturally also the Haynes Motor museum in Sparkford. At the Fun Farm in Taunton we spent a great day where Rick could play around on a quad and Desmond was very brave by holding a snake and feeding an owl. A few kilomaters from our camping was Cheddar which is known for the typical English cheese. Although the village and the area was very nice, we didn't stay there very long due to the massive crowd of tourists and the high entry prices to the caves (where the cheese is stored).

So we did what we usually do on holiday: just get in the Fiat, drive around and enjoy the narrow roads and the tiny villages of the Somerset country side. Watchet is a small and romantic village and driving along the coast to Bridgwater revealed some breathtaking views. Also Glastonbury is a nice place to visit. Over the past decades this village has developed into a centre for all spiritual people that are sensible to medieval whichcraft, magicians etc. Very interesting!!

But eventually we ran out of luck and were hit by heavy rainshowers. On 2 different days we were just not able to leave the tent for 24hrs period! Have a look at the video at the bottom of the page. When we ran out of dry clothes we decided to break up a few days earlier than planned and return home. And guess what?? On the day we were packing the tent, the sun came through!! But we stuck to our plan and drove home in one trip. The Fiat covered the 750km trip without any problem and the total distance covered was about 2200km. Not bad for a 47 year old car isn't it???

Our plans for next year will probabely lead us to the more Southern regions of Europe ...............

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On You Tube I'v uploaded a small video of this holiday. You can hear the terrible rain that tortured us for hours and kept us in the tent. Rick was kind enough to add subtitles etc.

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