It was a very cold, frosty and foggy morning which greeted me when I opened the blinks this morning, just the sort of weather you want when you’re planning to drive 270 miles. Still, by the time I left at 10:55am it was at least light and you could see a couple of hundred yards, though it took a good ten minutes to thaw the car windows enough to be able to drive off.<\/p>\n
The drive down the country was mixed. Along the Oxford to Swindon road there were tantalizing gaps in the fog, giving beautiful views of a crisp, frosty morning with all the trees and bushes encrusted with bright frosting shining in the sunshine and contrasted by a deep blue sky behind. Unfortunately, these gaps in the fog were all too brief. The fog finally broke at Exeter, where the air temperature suddenly jumped from -1C to a balmy 6-7C.<\/p>\n
Otherwise the five and a half hour journey down was uneventful. So, now I’m ensconced down here in Cornwall for almost two weeks, the longest break down here since last Christmas. I really do need the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was a very cold, frosty and foggy morning which greeted me when I opened the blinks this morning, just the sort of weather you want when you’re planning to drive 270 miles. Still, by the time I left at … Continue reading