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Published: September 8th 2007
4 Sep
Please note due to technical errors previous dates are not 100% correct.
On attempting to leave our campsite in the morning we found we were locked in and there was nobody in charge to take our money or let us out. I rang the emergency number to be informed the owners were in Scotland and the camp was in fact closed. After we discussed with them how we would go about removing the gate and that they would then need to take steps to re-secure the grounds they remembered where the spare key was and would we please put our money through the letterbox in the office door.
We stopped at a Motorway service centre, got a decent guide book and a new map so we are better organised now. We also have a cell phone number 07938018174. We wandered around a bit all day and having settled on Warwick as our stop for the night we rocked into the camp ground where the nice man said it was too pricey for the likes of us and advised us to go to the racecourse at Stratford on Avon which is a mere seven miles down the
road and even gave us detailed instructions. (Shitty detailed instructions). Thirty seven miles further on we pulled into said racecourse to be informed that due to the flooding of a couple of months ago the facility was closed. The guy in charge took pity on us and let us park there even though none of the facilities were operating. This was fine with us and we spent a nice night there.
5 Sep
We headed into the township and our first stop was a supermarket to check out the dunnies. We then walked into the historic sector and had an interesting morning watching the narrow boats on the canal and also helped out with the locks just for the hell of it, we also saw the bard’s birthplace and lots of interesting old buildings. We departed early to get to Wappingham which is off the beaten track and with 100% navigation we arrived on time at the house of our friends Pat and Paul whom we had met in PNG a couple of years ago. We had a few beers and then walked about in the area on old country pathways which are all over the place and
much nicer than walking on roads.
6 Sep
After a huge breakfast, Pat and Paul had a day mapped out for us and we loaded into their vehicles leaving our truck parked in their drive. We first stopped at Stowe House, a famous house which was once the Cobham family pile and at one stage was owned by a guy who was the richest man in England at the time other than the king. Really neat “gardens” a huge park really with follies all over the place. We did a guided tour and again learnt heaps. Thence to Great Brington for lunch in and old coach house. After lunch we were off to Stoke Bruerne which is on the Grand Union Canal, more narrow boats, more lock duties and a tunnel about a mile and a half long that the canal goes through. Some folks were fishing canal-side and Ngai begged a maggot off them. Go figure! The countryside is scenic with lots of extremely green fields and pastures. We are now in a camp ground just out of Charlbury, which we reached by way of Banbury, of Cock horse fame. Currently we are planning tomorrow’s expedition and
of course no net connection here so will get this away as soon as we are again able to connect.
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Pat and Paul
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Good Times
Great to see you all again and to meet Ngai. Really enjoyed showing you around although very briefly. Have a great time in Yap and give our love to all the folks there. Hope that Freddie has enough beer to last out your stay. Safe journey onward and home Pat and Paul