April 22, 2013
AT last we’re back on the road, looking forward to a week veering
between Norfolk and Suffolk visiting long-lost friends.
Outside, a gentle drizzle is falling as we sit in a quiet site at
Rectory Hill Barns, Cley, where we’ve been looking out over a field boasting
partridges, pheasant, pigeons (of course), a formation of Canada
We got off to a very dodgy start. The Hymer, stored at a farm all winter,
started first time. Then, once we’d stowed everything on board, it decided it was
glad to be back home and didn’t want to go anywhere else.
A call to Green Flag followed. Fortunately they let us sign up to their
home start service on the spot, arrived within 15 minutes and got us going in a
jiffy, while I walked down to the chipshop to fetch an emergency lunch.
Well, we’ve seen red kites, buzzards, a jay and a kestrel over the A34,
plus an almighty abundance of litter.
Last spring in Spain I remember tutting over the roadside mess and
thinking smugly ‘It wouldn’t be like this at home.’ Famous last words.
The route between the A303 and Oxford
Can’t someone on a community service sentence clean it up, please?
The morning’s sunshine gave way to unrelieved grey skies as we headed
east, past a vast, featureless Amazon distribution centre that matched the
landscape.
Wind turbines and drab fenland gave way to ferociously tidy orchards, and
finally, after Hillington, to prettier countryside with hedges, woods and lots
of wildlife dotting the fields.
While I walked the limping dog – his hip was playing him up – the Motorhome
Masterchef got to work with the leftovers from our fridge back home, and I
returned to wonderful salty fried asparagus, followed by fried egg on a bed of
mixed veg and chorizo, all prepared on a 2ft worktop, with one frying pan and a
wok.
Can’t imagine wanting to do all that after five hours at the wheel of a
left-hand-drive van. But I did wash up.
Meanwhile Man U have been on the radio, notching up yet another
Premiership title with a Van Persie hat-trick.
Oh, and we’ve installed a carbon monoxide detector, at a cost of £24,
which seems like a good idea.
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