A Weekend Away

Despite the less than suitable weather I spent the weekend camping on the North Devon coast. Anyone who has tried to visit Devon during the bank holiday weekend will know that the roads are overwhelmed by caravans and campervans and getting anywhere fast on the M5 is unlikely. We overcame this problem by taking mostly smaller roads which made navigation a lot more difficult. Luckily my phone (Nokia E71) has a Google Maps application which combined with inbuilt GPS and a girlfriend willing to shout out directions makes for a good approximation of a Sat Nav.

The surf was good although I hadn’t been body boarding for quite a few years to it took a while for me to remember that it’s quite important to keep your mouth closed when sea water is involved. There were lots of people to dodge but very few sharks so it was good fun.

I didn't take any photos but the waves were at least this big of not bigger

We woke up on Sunday morning to find that it was raining pretty hard so the tent and all the extras (cooker, empty cider cans, unwashed plates) got thrown in the boot to be sorted out when we got home. I’m still trying to convince my girlfroend that we need to buy a used van as this we require a lot less setting up. Unfortunatly as I normally end up putting up the tent by myself she didn’t think that this is too much of a problem.