We were rather tired form yesterday early morning and going up to London etc and so were a bit sloe of the mark this morning and so we decided rather than try and leave at a set time, we would leave when ready which was about 11.15.
It was raining all the way down the M3 and then it stopped for a while and shortly we were hitting the Stonehenge traffic, what possessed the builders to put it right next to the main A 303 I cannot possibly imagine as it has caused traffic jams for so many years with the Government seemingly unable to make a decision whether to build a tunnel under it, move the road or just make the road wider. It has taken years and I think I could swim around the circumference of the world quicker than they could reach a decision on what to do. By around 13.00 the traffic was bad, as expected, and so we took a new route , which after a brief stop for a bacon sandwich, this time a nice one, we ended up going past the caravan site we stayed in at Glastonbury a few weeks and then re-trod our steps to the site in Waterrow near Taunton.
We arrived around 15.30 in the pouring rain and the caravan was already placed nicely on site but we had to hurry to set up the water, electrics and put the stabilisers down before unloading the car of our clothing and food for the next few days. The last time we used the caravan we had a gas leakage and Noel had obtained the necessary spares but to fix it which took about 20 minutes during which times he got drenched but at least it now seems Ok with a further check on Saturday morning before leaving to see the family.
In the evening Noel did his photos from the graduation and then we had gammon steaks with egg and veggies washed down with a glass of plonk before hitting the sack and both of us were quite tired. it had not helped that earlier in the day Noel had ricked his back and doing things was more difficult than usual, Oh well lets hope we all recover tomorrow and the weather be better although the outlook is not promising.
