Hurrah for UK holidays!

Back again. I am an all or nothing kinda gal. I don’t do air travel anymore. Bad for the planet. Don’t like airports and parking, delays and stress. I don’t feel my life has become narrow due to this. More the opposite. I managed to swap some work days around and had a week off in the beginning of September. We took the parents away for a break in Somerset. I hired a disabled van at the Hoburne Park at Blue Anchor. It was well equipped and clean and did the job for the week.

This was our view to Wales over the murky sea in Blue Anchor Bay Somerset.  The weather was dry and breezy. There were high tides and we could often hear the sea crashing against the sea wall. I got really wet taking this photo

Dad has Parkinson’s and after a recent fall and injury to his shoulder, it was wheelchair for him most of the week. We did trips out in the car. Exmoor and Porlock Bay was stunning as ever.

At the village of Bossington we enjoyed morning coffee at a tea garden.

 

Back at base it was good to wander along the seafront and onto the beach at low tide. We enjoyed watching the steam train going backwards and forwards from Minehead to Bishops  Lydiard

As a surprise to the old folks, we met my brother and my youngest son who were on a business trip in the West Country. They stayed in The Ship Aground in Minehead. We had an excellent meal there. The  service and food was outstanding. All in all the week was a success. I did the cooking apart from going out once. This was because Dad finds eating difficult at the best of times with Parkinson’s and a poorly shoulder meant he wasn’t comfortable for very long. I have to confess I was tired when I got home. I’m glad we did it though. It made me appreciate good health and hanging on to it as long as I can.