Our last day of our Cornish escape dawned with a bit of sunshine so Lou again dragged Hamish out for a run and then we hopped in the car early again to make our way back to Heathrow hoping to avoid the traffic. We planned our route trying to avoid the main roads to get a more scenic view and planned to stop in Salisbury for lunch.
Now it must be mentioned here that we had about a quarter of a tank of petrol left and Hamish specially said the day before “we should get some petrol before we head off in the morning”, which Lou took to mean “ we will get petrol before we head off in the morning”.
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| A Rapeseed field, they are everywhere! |
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| Some one got into the spirit of the Royal Wedding |
Not the case. We drove past about 4 petrol stations until Hamish found one he “liked” whilst Lou developed a few gray hairs trying desperately to remember whom we would have to call if we ran out of gas on the motorway.
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| Thatched cottage |
Anyway “drama” averted we made our way to Salisbury. You may ask why Salisbury? We did too. But it had a cool cathedral that we found had the tallest spire in England (STAT that). We had a Cornish pasty for lunch in keeping with the plan to eat foods from where ever we are. Pretty nice, shame about the calories!
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| Really tall spire |
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| Front of Salisbury cathedral |
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| Mmmm pasty |
The journey home was uneventful and we were back on the tube to Hammersmith before we knew it. We had a great time away and we have planned to definitely go back to Padstow and do some of the hiking tracks along the coast next time.
Highlight: Arriving home at a reasonable hour, being able to do the washing and a full night’s sleep after a weekend away. Unheard of!
Lowlight (For Lou): The petrol issue, case closed. What does “Babe I got this under control” mean?
Interesting fact: The traditional Cornish pasty has Protected Geographical Indication status and the first known recipe was from Devon in 1510.
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