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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Apr 2019 23:49

Deepest, darkest Dulverton.
Sister and I are visiting our brother, who is a bonsai potter, who is also doing up an old smithy about 5 miles away.
This was an opportunity to indulge in alcohol and late nights.
The TV has limited access, and the CD player keeps jamming, so we end up going to bed earlier than we would at home!
But the people of Dulverton are lovely <3

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 28 Apr 2019 00:19


Early to bed, early to rise, Maggie?

I bet the smithy is lovely.

Lizxx

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Apr 2019 00:37

Have a great time, maggie!!!!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Apr 2019 01:05

The smithy is coming along wonderfully.
Though sister and I looked at our brothers plans for future development and both said ' The living room has to be bigger'.
(Bl**day sisters turn up occasionally and altering plans!)
He's 70 this year, and is still doing all the building work (putting in mezanine floors windows, etc) himself!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Apr 2019 02:49

70 is young these days ;-)

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Apr 2019 06:23

Enjoy practising the local Devon dialect.

"Aright moi luvver"! ;-)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 28 Apr 2019 09:18

Sounds great Maggie and also great to hear of somebody of his age able to still do heavy manual work. We are on the Jurassic coast.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Apr 2019 21:50

Umm, Dermot, Dulverton is in Somerset! :-S

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 28 Apr 2019 21:55

Lol I had to check where it was when he said that. Near the border though?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Apr 2019 23:54

Yes. On our way here, sister 'touched' the sat nav and we ended up in Devon!
Not only that, on trying to find our way back, we were caught up in the last Somerset stag hunt of the year.
But Dulverton is definitely in Somerset. :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 29 Apr 2019 23:09

Home now (actually got home at mid-day) - no sat-nav taking us to Devon - and we avoided most of the A303! :-D
Brother's taking a 3 month 'sabbatical' from making pots to carry on with the smithy.
He's replacing a window, and making the area smaller so it's the same height as the others (this one is huge), so he's doing a bit of natural stone walling :-S

Dermot

Dermot Report 30 Apr 2019 06:57

maggiewinchester - if you don't know where you are going, how do know when you have arrived?

M4/M5 is my preferred route from west London to Exeter. (The lovely small city of Exeter is definitely in Devon.)

:-P (Eccedentesiast.). :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 30 Apr 2019 07:52

Dermot - we knew we were in Devon - the sign by the side of the road was a clue!

It may be your preferred route from London, Dermot - but we were going from Winchester to Somerset - not Devon, and would have been on the M5 for a short distance the other side of Taunton. We avoid this, as there's a parallel, prettier route.

We have fun getting to our brothers 'smithy' a few miles from Luxborough - every time, we end up going a different way!

As for Devon - I used to live in Horrabridge.
The ancient packhorse bridge that joins the two parts of the village, was used in the opening credits of 'Bagpuss'. :-D

I also used to live in Gunnislake - which is in Cornwall, but very close to the Tamar and the border with Devon.

Caroline

Caroline Report 30 Apr 2019 12:40

Bagpuss that goes back a bit :-)

Sounds like you had a great trip Maggie.

I always prefer the pretty routes if time allows.