As well as popping an iPhone with Google Maps on the motor home dashboard, Dave has a £300+ Garmin sat nav (supposedly for caravans & motor homes) so we keep that going too so that it avoids narrow (lairy) roads.
However, as we approached our campsite for our Torbay stretch, even Dave commented, “This isn’t right” as the road got tighter and tighter. I re-input the destination into the Garmin and it said we were on the right road but it was awful, scraping the hedge on both sides and suddenly a 4×4 came towards us from the bottom of the hill – head-on…
We’d passed a driveway not far back, so Dave started reversing back up the hill but the wing mirror cover popped off and fell into the road and Dave (curtly) told me to retrieve it. There was no way he could get into the driveway so the guy in the 4×4 motioned for Dave to reverse further up the hill and then the 4×4 guy would go into the driveway whilst we drove down the hill – STRESS !!!
We finally arrived and Reception and the shower blocks were closed due to COVID (!!!) then we saw our name & pitch no on a board and were on a bit of a slope but Dave got the ramps out and all good. After a cup of tea, we decided to bib to Paignton on the (motor) bike (I didn’t fancy my chances on roads on the push bikes) about 20 minutes away.
We both have pleasant childhood memories of Paignton but what a difference 45 years makes 😐 Run-down, chav-ey, full of amusements and fun fairs and sadly, not a quaint bone in it’s body…
We had a walk on The Pier (for the LOLS as Holly would say), had an ice-cream sitting on the beach wall and made a hasty retreat…
Had a FAB BBQ and listened to “da tunes” drinking lemon G & T’s (me) and red wine (Dave) until gone 10pm = then snuggled up with a hot drink & a bun watching Corro ( like a couple of old people ) 😂😂😂
- Location: 50° 26′ 14.26″ N 3° 33′ 23.05″ W