Ali spends the day putting the final things into Mary*Lou's lockers. We say goodbye to our neighbours and a tearful Bet urges us to stay safe after the attrocities in Nice earlier this week. It's a good, sunny drive to Plymouth, where we arrive a bit before 20:00. The temperature is 22.5Cbut inside the van is over 30C. We send a few texts and eat our pasties before settling down for an early night, by which time there are eight motorhomes and two caravans par...

As N+G warned us, the university rowers turn up around 08:00 meaning there is no chance of a lie-in. Once we are up Ali spots a disabled woman with a hand cycle trying to get it into the shed between other cars and bikes. She goes to give a hand , then once the hand cycle is stored its owner, Sarah Piercy, scrambles into the van to show us her portfolio containing pictures of her exploits with hand cycles; winning the London marathon, endurance events, and col...

All packed and ready to leave by 11:00 to go in search of LPG for Margo. First we head into Tiverton but a drive around plus enquiries in a fuel station results in nothing, so we head off towards the M5 and A38 as N+G know of a station near Telegraph Hill. On the way we tune into the rugby, where England triumph over Australia 39-28. At the garage we top up our LPG as well then head off to a peaceful layby for lunch. To complete the itinerary of travelling in...

None of us move very quickly this morning and by the time we are outside a few light showers are coming, meaning we put out our awnings for shelter. So impressed were we with our chops last night, Ali and Grete return to the shop and get sausages, bacon and burgers for our 'fat-boy' dinner tonight. Paul, the warden, says he is impressed and envious by how well we cater for ourselves. In the afternoon he arrives on his buggy and gives us four huge duck eggs to ...

A bright sunny day greets us with the birds in full song again. A+G by some groceries in the site shop then we set off for a walk. An undulating, grassy track takes us a few hundred yards to the Bridgetown Cricket ground, voted by Wisden as the 'most picturesque cricket ground in England'. Standing with the river and trees behind us we look up the gentle slope across the manicured grass and mown wicket. The far side rises more steeply forming a natural seatin...