It's a couple of hours to drive but no hurry, check in is mid afternoon.
A couple of hours on and I need to stop for a leak. On these busy roads? no way!
Deb spots the ideal place: a picnic area with grass, trees, toilets and a cafe. It's really quite a pleasant area.
The cafe is Cartgate Lodge Cafe. No idea where it is, other than, off the main road:-)
We enjoy our coffee and cake and... There are sculptures.
All sorts of metal things welded into shapes. A woman, a dog, a grandfather clock. Imagine an eagle with outstretched wings and each flight feather is...a knife. Brilliant, really.
Deb, driving, miss a turn. Instead of joining the M5 we drive along narrow roads and through small towns. Far more interesting. And the gps Guides is so we get here. Just along an interesting way rather than the shortest way.
The driving needs a bit more care but Deb is good:-)
We arrive at... wait for it... jolly Lodge sea views free parking.
Yes, there are sea views. From a holiday cabin. Very nice really. Smaller than the last places but larger than a hotel room. Self contained, self catering.
And oh joy-- nothing that threatens to hit my head.
Chambers has odd ceilings to fit under variously sloped roofs. Croft has a spiral staircase just outside our bedroom. Jolly is... rectangular... no odd bits. i can stop nervously ducking my head. Phew!
We settle in, then walk to town, for dinner and groceries. Well, lunch but it's late so we eat for dinner too. Hake in green sauce. Wild spinach sauce as we find out later.
At the Pilot Boat.
Very nice. Then an ice-cream on the way home. Deb of course chooses double choc ice-cream.
It's a step climb back to the Jolly. We get our daily exercise.
Interestingly, we measure the return journey, uphill, to be twice as fast as going out.
Our property is across the road from an aged care facility. Immediately downhill from that, is a church and... cemetery. Very convenient location for the aged people:-)
Deb has identified some places to visit and walk.
Lyme Regis is a seaside town for tourists. It's main claim to fame is fossils (and possibly fishing). There are also gardens and castles, I think.
Tomorrow, I'll find out.
The weather is fine and still good tomorrow. All good so far:-)
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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Dying for you to read my blog, at https://notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com.au/ :-)
The word "boobs" is so scary until you get to the second "b". (Alfred E. Neumann
Fossils are interesting
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