I awoke about 6am and stepped out to watch the dawn. The mist was lying across the fields and the sheep were all relaxed and mainly sitting down. Susan even came outside in her nightdress for a look.
After such a lovely dawn, we had a great breakfast and tried out our toaster. We had mushrooms fried on the induction hob on sourdough toast. I did a bit of yoga and Susan chilled out, resting her foot. We decided to drive to Fingle Bridge. Blimey, talk about narrow lanes. Miles long, virtually no passing places. When we arrived at the bridge there were masses of cars. Unbelievably, we got a spot almost straight opposite the pub drive. We parked up and, also surprisingly, got a table and had an impromptu pub lunch with a nice view of the bridge. Well I did, Sue had to look at me. Service was very quick and we soon had our pretty passable pub grub. I had a pint of alcohol-free Thatchers cider which was very nice. I thought I would need all of my ageing faculties to drive along those roads again.
After lunch, we had a little wander about the bridge and then went to have a brief look at Drewsteignton. Very quaint but that was about it. We then drove back to the campsite on the widest roads I could find. On return, we chilled out and had a very pleasant dinner. We watched the sunset beneath the clouds while chatting to another guest on the CL, who had just retired from being a postman ,after having contracted Covid and being hospitalised for a week and then ill for 3-4 months.
We then hooked up the laptop to the data on my phone and watched “Help” . The one off film with Steven Graham and Jodie? (out of killing Eve) about a care home during the pandemic. All a bit sobering but pretty good.
The next day we packed up and drove down to Lanner ready to set off to St Ives.
The CL is a great site with such a good view. I think we will be there again as there is some good walking that we were not able to do due to Sue’s ankle. It is also just over halfway to Lanner, so a good stop off point. At £14/night it is pretty good value too.