Had a quick whip thru Cheddar George at 10am-coach tours already unloading so moved on quickly to Bath where just peeked at Romans Baths and Pump room-nice busking in square by man playing dulcimer . Had a minor ( well major!!) issue with the GPS when she tried to route us north via the M6 thru Bristol, which we left just before it came to grinding halt in all lanes. Actually my fault cos hadn’t told the PS to exclude the motorway. Then did somewhat cross country route with stop for lunch with the Indian leftovers on a very small village green ( about 4m square) somewhere in Gloustershire-became a long and somewhat fraught day as we were due to be in Tupton with Kelly’s parents Peter and Lesley at 7 pm .In end we raced into YHA Ravenstor in Peak National Park , threw on change of clothes and managed to get there by 8.45 pm to a warm welcome and lovely tea. So nice to meet them before Keely and Daniel’s wedding in Auckland next year. Then interesting drive back on a pitch dark night since H had forgotten to bring post code to put into GPS and we were directed into middle of very small sleeping village.
Lots of tractors with huge tyres and silage trailers today-also changes in colour of stones for cottages. Ravenstor was another former stately home like Burly but in much better condition
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