Tapp's Travels

We are off on our travels again!  Heading for the Arctic once more.  Well, anywhere north of Devon is in that direction!  Basically we are going to The Lakes and Northumberland – which, it should be noted, is a third of the way to the Arctic Circle from home!

I have also started to put the messages from Portugal, Spain and France written in June as emails. There’s nothing new there although some of the formatting has been improved.  And a few typos sorted.  However, and this is quite significant, there was one spelling mistake in every single episode – the same word spelt incorrectly every single time – and nobody noticed.  Or at least nobody was bold enough (or they were too polite) to comment.  I’m going to leave it to you to locate the word (and let me know, of course!)

Before we start on this trip I have to record that there was one bit of excitement on board the ferry coming home from France.  A silly old codger carrying a tray with three cups of coffee fell over.  Went his full length ending up skidding head first into the wall.  Right beside our table.

Listening Skills

 

Little Johnny watched his daddy’s car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane in a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could not contain himself as he ran home and started to tell his mother.

 

“Mummy, I was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane…..” At this point Mummy cut him off and said, “Johnny, this is such an interesting story, suppose you save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see the look on Daddy’s face when you tell it tonight”

 

At the dinner table, Mummy asked little Johnny to tell his story.

 

Johnny started his story, “I was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane and Daddy started doing the same thing that Mummy and Uncle Bill used to do when Daddy was away in the Army!”

 

Mummy fainted…

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS:
Sometimes you need to listen to the whole story before you interrupt.

So, let me finish this message…!

Day 1, (11th October). Drive to Bath. Via Taunton to check on our caravan which is in hospital having its back end replaced. Then to Highbridge and Davan Caravans to look for potential replacements should the surgery on the current van not be totally successful! There was also the compulsory stop at Cribbs Causeway shopping centre…

Now it’s Friday and it’s piddling with rain in Bath. After dropping Glenda in the city centre, I headed to the park and ride – via the BWM garage to check out the new X3 model and, incidentally, their cappuchini and flapjacks. Superb. … And the cars were pretty good too!

Some views of a damp Bath:

Pultney Bridge and weir.

Why would anyone?

Bath Abbey under renovations.

St. Michael’s Without…

… but with cafe!

Now we are off to Hinton Parva – also known, less classically, as Little Hinton.

More to follow!