Away again with our caravanning buddies and very good friends, Carol and John. They've got a new caravan so this is the first time that we'll see it. We've also taken our bikes so we can explore a bit more.
On Saturday we mount
our bikes and cycle along the tow path to Devizes. It's very wet as
it's been raining and Carol is slightly nervous as she has previous
for ending up in a river! In fact, at one point she very nearly
did go in the canal!
It does start to
rain so we shelter for a while under a bridge. "Carol, do you know
how barges that were pulled by horse used to go under bridges?"
This is a standing joke as when we told her the bargemen used to lie on their
backs and ‘walk’ the barge through the bridge, she had an image
of a horse laying in its back as well! We won’t let that one go!
It’s still raining
but we carry on regardless. At last we get to Devizes and park our pushbikes up.
We show Carol & John where to get the most delicious bacon and
egg roll (in the indoor market cafe). Shame we have already
had breakfast. We have a look around then Carol and I do our usual,
look around the charity shops, while the men go looking for a decent watering hole.
When we eventually
meet up again and cross the road to the Castle
Hotel for a late lunch. There they sell the deepest pies you have ever seen! And
they are lovely!
We decide to take
the road home rather than the canal. Unfortunately there are a few
hills. We each take these as best we can. On return to the caravan, a very welcome siesta is in order!
This is a lovely
site in a lovely village. The village shop is run by the villagers
and sells a bit of everything, although it is not always open. We
will return for a quiet ‘getting away from it all’ weekend.
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