Monday, 18 July 2016

Cars planes and wonderful airbnb accommodation

Sorry for the long gap but we had no wifi plus it has been a hectic few days. So here is a catch up...
We left Cleveleys in the rain after saying goodbye to Brenda and John (after a really lovely three and a half weeks with them). We diverted to Uppermill to try to look at a few more gravestones but the weather got steadily worse so we finally gave up an headed off for Lincoln. We had booked a night's accommodation through airbnb and our host Andrew was really nice and made us very welcome. The next day we went to the TR national day at Lincoln showgrounds. It was a smaller event than we were expecting but still very entertaining. Bryan wore a TR tee shirt and soon spotted an identical one, a Wellingtonian. Then we ran into an English couple who had come to a Blenheim TR Nationals. It was a Triumph car day but interestingly TR cars were in the majority.
From there we headed for Guildford and our next airbnb at the home of a couple called Ciaron and Gillian. They were amazingly hospitable. We arrived about 7.30 and they were making humus and avocado dip for nibbles. We sat talking to them in their garden, eating and drinking wine until nearly midnight. The next morning we set off for the Farnborough air show on a very warm day, but being England it dropped a couple of surprise dousings of rain which quickly soaked the spectators. We had luckily gone armed with macs just in case, not wanting to get the soaking the Blacks got. The organisation was brilliant and it was a great day.
This morning we set off for Trowbridge, in 30 degree sticky heat. Definitely not Oldham weather! We are now in West Ashton near Trowbridge, staying in an airbnb recommended to us by Ciaron. The hosts are lovely and the room wonderful with our own ensuite and even a tv. We would definitely do airbnb again.
Tomorrow we are off to Bradford on Avon to have a catch up with our best man Jerry and his wife. Hope the weather is a tad cooler.



2 comments:

  1. ...sitting in the garden, warm evening... eating good food, drinking fine wine... convivial company... until midnight... Sounds dreadful. ;-)

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  2. Yeah, i worked and then went to bed. How about you Adam?

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