Today we drove from Canonstown in Cornwall to Havant in Hampshire. It was mainly an uneventful journey except for one stretch of the road between Exeter and Lyme Regis. We drove on the A-3052 which a beautiful road running parallel to the coastline, but, not on it, and it teased you with glimpses of the sea. We went through delightful small villages with houses with thatched rooves, old churches, and granite stoned homes. The “ordered” fields were full of sheep with newly born lambs, and pigs with their piglets. We passed through towns with names such as Newton Poppleford on the Otter River, Sidford on the River Sid, and Colyford on the River Coly. Here we stopped at a charming pub “The Wheelright Inn” for soup and a pot of tea.
There were 2 highlights to the journey. First the Donkey Sanctuary (http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/). The Donkey Sanctuary’s aim is to prevent the suffering of donkeys worldwide through the provision of high quality, professional advice, training and support on donkey welfare. It was started in 1969 and to date 12, 200 donkeys have been taken into care. The premises consists of barns, beautiful old farmyards, buildings, and fields. They were all in prime order. We wandered through some of the barns and the fields and met donkeys old and young, healthy and sick, all receiving the very best of care. We also learned that they operate in India, so who knows, maybe we will have another opportunity to see the good that this fantastic society is doing.
The second highlight was Lyme Regis. This is a lovely little town with narrow, windy, streets and quaint buildings. I am sure though that in the tourist season it wouldn’t be quite so idyllic and peaceful!
We arrived at Jacky and John’s around 7 p.m. Jacky had a beautiful dinner of pheasant waiting for us, and we spent the evening catching up since we had last met at the end of 2008 in Toronto.
No comments:
Post a Comment