29/01 Left Chard and headed over to Aunty Silvis
place. Amazing 1000 year old house with 2 foot thick walls! Silvi is so funny,
and a tad eccentric, and not really like Aunty Glennis or Mum. Don’t piss her off though, she makes
voodoo dolls out of potatoes and sticks nails and screws into them, Ouch! Silvies
son, cousin Simon drops in and he seems really cool. Can’t wait to meet the rest of the clan…
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| James, Danny & Rachel |
Next stop is cousin Rachel’s, and her
daughters Megan and Rhiannon. Really nice girls and again, a shame we have
spent 37 years waiting to meet these guys… Twin to Simon Danny turns up with
his son James. Top blokes.
We spend a few hours with the family and
then head off to the darkness of Exmoor… Awooooooo!
Raymond and Julia live on a farm in the
Exmoor National Park, awesome old homestead and heaps of land with chicken sheds, cattle & sheep… Cousins Lucy and
Georgina, with Georges hubby Rich & thier sons Bob and Sam are all there and we again make up for 37
years apart… Raymond is a great guy and it's great to have another cool Uncle I never knew!
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| The Waldrons farm in Exmoor National Park |
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Julia, Georgie, Raymond, Rich, Sammy & Bobby The 'Blue' calf! Cute little fella... |
On the way home from Exmoor, we drove for several hours in near snow, dark
and narrow roads. The 911 is so good and stable (all wheel drive etc) you really feel very safe, but even I am scared in these conditions. Wifey is being
super good, and is not yelling at me at all. She is actually really helpful,
anticipating traffic, reading the Sat-Nav and being super supportive. Good girl…
Stonehenge is an awe inspiring sight, right in the middle of otherwise desolate fields. The typical tourist trap is in place, and you get slugged about $10 to see it from a distance, and have to pay stacks more to get close. Next time I'll park on the road and walk accross the paddocks to get there for free!
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| Early morning and snow on the ground, cool! |
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| Happy tourists! |
Went to visit the resting place of Kitty and 'Mac' Waldron, my Grandparents. They lived in Oz for a few months when I was young, and I have very fond memories of them both.
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| Granny & Grandad Waldrons Grave in Yeovil cemetary, RIP 30/01 Drove down to Surrey to look at Trailer for the 911. This is the one, slapped a deposit on it and plan to pick it up tomorrow. Getting closer to the goal now! Wife is starting to see the finish line… |
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