just another morning here

For the third Saturday in a row I have driven south for various activities, you would have thought I would learn that it is a Stupid Thing To Do. Doh.

Still, once we got to the site for Steve’s hillclimb (arrived in their lunchbreak so perfect timing despite delays on the A30) we did have quite a nice day. The event was particularly well organised to fit three timed runs in, which was an added bonus. I let the children have the camera to keep them occupied so ended up with some particularly random shots (and not very many good ones of cars!).

In the morning, the class record for Steve’s group was 27.20 … and Steve was doing times of 27.6ish. During the afternoon he managed to get his time down to 27.25 but the Cosworth was on good form and got the class record down to 27.11! Steve’s staying down there for the weekend; they are racing again on Sunday so there will hopefully be some more good competition

After the hillclimb we set off to find the nearby Helman Tor, as I knew there was an earthcache as well as a geocache there. A very *interesting* drive down tiny lanes which aren’t on Googlemaps (the only map I had available, ok?!), but got there in the end and very glad we did, it was fantastic. Had a nice walk looking for the geocache, and then set to work on the earthcache, for which we were meant to find the ‘Logan’ or rocking stone – a stone which actually moves. Well, for some people. We couldn’t make it move an inch! So couldn’t gather all the info required for the earthcache, but I’m hoping the owner will consider our efforts to have been worthy of a log anyway! It was an excellent location with stunning views, and I have at least logged the trig pillar Gutted to have only had the small camera, but there we go.

Drove home after that – with the A30 looking as it should this time, fairly clear and only a little bit of traffic! Ended up at Pizza Hut (the children’s choice!) for dinner. Fell into bed and enjoyed the clean sheets I’d put on the bed for a night alone in it!

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