Day 1: Sarratt, Herts, UK
Soutpiel Safari
John & Jenny
Sat 6 Nov 2010 08:09
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Day 1: 5 November 2010. Bonfire Night. Sarratt, Herts
N51 41 W000 30 Distance travelled 106 km
Well, we set off pretty well on schedule in light
drizzle and a number of neighbours kindly turned out in the rain to wish us well
and take a few photos. Not a very auspicious start as the starboard
windscreen wiper fell of going up the drive and we had to call at Halfords
to replace it! While we were there we cashed in our last Sainsbury's voucher to
get 5p off a litre of diesel and filled the tank with what I hope will be the
most expensive diesel of the trip.
The M25 exceeded its reputation and it took us a record
3 hours to do the 106 km to my daughter's cottage on the village green in
Sarratt. After greeting my three grandsons (Sam, Tom and Jake) we went out
to a bonfire and fireworks party at the house of their friends where we were
wonderfully entertained to a sumptuous curry with champagne! The children had
prepared a "guy" in the form of Wayne Rooney but the bonfire took a lot of
lighting in the rain. The firework display which followed featured some
quite alarming incendary devices more akin to SAS training than home
entertainment.
We all walked home in the persistent rain, wet but happy
and well fed - the children quite "high" on coke and chocolate brownies! For an
"Old Boy" of St Peter's School, York, Guy Fawkes old school, it seemed a fitting
day to be leaving the counrty! |