Oxford, Bath & The Lakes

Well we have had a big drive today almost for 5 hours and although most of it was on the M6 which is a huge motorway the last 1 1/2 hours was on a very windy narrow road up hill and down dale but the most wonderful scenery as we drove up 'The lakes'. I kept saying 'wow' and Frank kept saying 'shit'. He was driving!!! Cal went well and he had some big hills to drive up and down. Tonight we are spending the night with friends of Sam and Cathy (Andrew's in-laws) and I am using their internet. They are lovely people and have welcomed us cheerfully. Tomorrow they will show us around the Lakes.


We have been on some very ordinary roads, that are just little lanes and this is quite scary when you are driving the motorhome especially when it is just one carriageway wide and you meet a tractor or truck coming the other way. One lovely little place we went to in Oxfordshire was called Swinbrooke, it was picture perfect and we looked into the old churches and then had lunch at the pub.

We stayed at a caravan park just outside Bath for a couple of nights and caught the Bus into town each day (Park & Ride). We then did a walking tour of Bath that was fantastic and then went through the Roman Baths. The architecture in Bath is beautiful dating from Roman times through to Georgian times. We went to the theatre Royal to see a play which we thoroughly enjoyed. The Cornish Pasties lived up to their reputation. Leaving Bath Frank insisted that we not leave by the same road we came in as it was very steep, narrow and curvy so Annette being the navigator had the onerous task of getting us the hell out of there without touching that particular road. We took the turn within 2 minutes of leaving the caravan park and it only got worse. I think voices were raised a couple of times - but we eventually found our way and after stopping for a coffee on the motorway we started to like each other again.

Yesterday we had great difficulty finding a caravan park late in the day, we eventually found one and then when we tried to find our way this morning out of the wilderness, the GPS was not cooperating and the map wasn't detailed enough and we were parked by the side of the road scratching our head (not yet arguing) when a man walked up to our window and said 'are you lost'. We said we needed to find our way to the M6 and he said to follow him as he was going that way. When we said we were a bit slow driving he said 'That's OK its Friday and I can take it easy.' Another Angel crosses our path. He led us all the way to the M6 - about 20 minutes and then went on his way.

A couple of days now with Cath and Ian and then off to Scotland to see Robert and Delina.

That's all for now

Love
Frank and Annette