homeward bound

It was still mild in the morning but it was wet and windy, not good for our return drive home. Van-Man spent ten minutes emptying the grey water at the service point. He kept nipping out to see how it was draining then jumping back into the cab to keep dry. Why didn’t he just put on his raincoat? As we drove off the camp site there were areas where it wasn’t raining so we headed for a beach to give Lottie a last run on the beach before the long drive home. I suggested Harlyn Bay as it was on the route to the A 30 and it had a car park. The last mile to the beach was down a single track road but it had lots of passing places. We parked right by the beach.

We had a half hour walk on the beach in drizzle with the wind lashing in our faces on the way down to the sea. Lottie made the most of the beach walk but we were all wet. It was hard to get our wet coats away, but I laid one coat over the shower and the other over the sink. Thank goodness we have a wet room for our bathroom.

We changed into dry clothes and set out at10.55. As he had driven to Harlyn Bay Van-Man asked me to drive once we were on theA30 so we changed at a lay-by. It rained all the way to just before Exeter but I had a trouble free trip trundling along at 55 mph or less where the road was exposed to the wind. As soon as we changed drivers the rain stopped.

Van-Man stopped in a big lay-by near Honiton for lunch, then Van-Man drove a second time. I took over before Stonehenge and managed to go all the way to Fleet services on the M3. There was nowhere to park so we changed drivers and setoff straight away.

We had no trouble until we reached the M25 when we had to queue to join it.

It has been a tiring trip but worth it to help our daughter. It’s a shame that our commitments prevented us from staying longer.