We travelled south yesterday, by car, and did 424 miles...in the same time that it takes to fly from Dubai to Melbourne!! Had we gone on the M5 to go past Bristol, there was nearly standing traffic from far north of Bristol to Weston super mare and it would have taken far longer!! We had enough stops and leg stretches, but it was one heck of a long day!!
What is more it goes dark an hour earlier here!!
We saw two interesting bird sculptures in Hereford.
Not far from the cider museum there. Excuse the image quality, but worth seeing. Hopefully we may get a chance to have a better look on another trip. I would like to go around the museum as well when it reopens.
Another sight we saw....
You would think that would be better in the car boot not on it? Also it is illegal as the numberplate is obscured.
Going through Bristol, as we headed the centre, you would not have thought that the past eighteen months had happened. No masks, nobody with their own social space. I don't think that we will be going to any crowded city or even town in the near future.
Today we did walk to Yeovil town centre, but the atmosphere was different.
Some others on the street wearing masks..it is such a fuss taking it on and off each shop..but no-one crowding us in of out of shops.
Pirate, myself and my brother celebrated with a glass of local cider and kumera chips with mayo! It was good to relax in the sun and see a few corners of the town. It is quite a while since any of us had seen the place!
We walked past where there used to be a lovely old school....now demolished and they have built houses for local people. However they have kept the old arched gateway and put in new railings to match, as the old ones were rusted.
And a walk back through a park...
And in the tall cedar if you look carefully is an owl box...that would have been a job getting that up there!
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