Down Thomas

Tuesday 17 July

We woke up today at 8am after another brilliant sleep. The first noteworthy thing to comment on was that it was not raining. Instead we were engulfed in a low level sea fog and could hardly see across the field. Still, it’s and improvement on the last couple of days and we should be grateful for small mercies. It took us ages to get sorted in the van but by 10am we were spick 'n' span in the van and ready for a walk down to the sea at Bovisand. 

As you can see there is not much to see in the distance as the views were still obscured by the fog. Instead our attention was drawn to the hedgerows that were bursting with wild flowers and insects. We loved this walk as it was all downhill and we took our time.

By 12am we were walking on the beach, climbing over the rocks and just loving it. We could just make out Standon point lighthouse through the fog and every now and then a ship in the fog blowing its horn which sound tapered off into the distance as it went on its way. Every now and then we could here five blasts in a row which means ‘you are in imminent danger of collision so get out of the way’. One blast ‘I’m turning to port’ and two blasts ‘I’m turning to starboard’. We sat on a bench having lunch waiting in eager anticipation of the expected crunch. It never came!

The walk back up the hill was not quite the quiet gentle stroll we had coming down and we huffed, puffed and panted our way all the way to the local pub ‘The Mussels’ for a post lunch pint of best and half a larger for the boss. 

It turns out the pub has free WiFi, and as for some reason the connection to the dongle is poor around here so this post is being sent courtesy of ‘The Mussels’ The rest of the afternoon was spent back at ‘Campy’ relaxing, reading and basically doing nothing.