Devall Travels

Up early and popped across to the main services for breakfast. Decided on McDonald's. A nice bacon and egg McMuffin. It's on the other side of the motorway!  Dogs are not allowed inside the services building and the bridge is inside. Bugger it. Once across the bridge to McD and queue was out of the door. None of the ordering screens were working. Not queuing. Subway almost next door do a really nice sub with bacon, egg and cheese. Also no queue.  So we had that. Finally on the road just after 10am and all seemed to be going well until about three and a half miles short of Stonehenge. Stopped dead. Two lanes go down to one. Some 45 minutes later we crawled past the stones.  Why the f**k there is no bypass for anyone passing by?  The A303 is stop start pretty often due to either dual carriageways running out, or the two lanes becoming one.  Surely the locals want bypasses for their villages rather than solid traffic and all the pollution? We arrived at our planned...

The final payment has to be made by today so I did it yesterday.  The three of us will have a week holiday in the UK instead of the planned trip to France. Now I have made the payment I have the full address so I can refine the routes I have planned for getting us down there.  Rather than a vague area. I can also see what there is to visit locally. Places where Reggie will be as welcome as we are.  To ensure that we have a good start I have also booked a Days Inn motel part way along the journey.  As the journey takes us on the M25 around the south of London and the nightmare it can be in a car on a Friday morning I decided to book an overnight stop on the Thursday evening at Fleet in Hampshire.   It's not scenic. A chain hotel on a motorway/freeway service area. As long as there is a bed and somewhere for Reggie to pee etc. then that's all we need.  We can set off in the morning and hopefully miss the motorway rush hour. My curren...

FR19 may have crashed and burned but rising from the ashes like a phoenix from the flames is Devon Staycation. Coded GB19. A week in ear!y August in sunny Devon. Or at least I hope it's sunny. Devon is a popular holiday spot for English families. With two national parks, Dartmoor and Exmoor, and places to visit where even dogs might be welcomed. I searched for dog friendly on the 'net, with an added filter of "enclosed garden". I rejected a few until I came across Annas Cottage. And it features an enclosed patio and seating area.  Even Reggie won't be too unhappy with that, plus in the reviews people say that there is a field for dogs to run around. Whatever he will make it his personal territory. I paid a third deposit today. Balance end of May. So now to plan things to do!! Annas Cottage