{"id":3962,"date":"2019-04-25T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesumpnersagain.com\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2020-02-09T21:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T21:35:19","slug":"easter-in-devon-18-22-april-and-introducing-two-new-members-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesumpnersagain.com\/?p=3962","title":{"rendered":"Easter in Devon 18-22 April – and introducing two new members of the family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday 18th<\/strong>
We set off – as is often the case – a little later than planned. We weren’t at all sure how this journey would go as we have extra passengers. Meet Bill & Ted – our new Border Terrier pups.<\/p>\n

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Bill (L) and Ted (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was their first long car journey and we expected that it might be eventful, We had chosen our travelling time to fit in with their sleep routine. They are usually up an hour or two before they have their morning nap. This can often last two hours and we were lucky that they were popped into their crate and they slept for a good couple of hours before we thought it was time to let them have a pee break, a stretch of their legs and some water. It must be said that the lay-bys that accompany the route down to Devon are generally pretty foul – rubbish bins overflowing even before the BH weekend. And rubbish and the smell of pee lurking in the air. Not very nice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was lucky that they seemed quite happy in the car, as the traffic was awful and it took us roughly 5 hours. We had stopped another couple of times to feed and water them (and us!) but we were all glad to arrive at out chosen site for the weekend – Galmpton Touring Park<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We checked in – paying an extra \u00a332 for the dogs (we didn’t know we’d have them when we had originally booked) and were shown to our (fully serviced) pitch. It was a great location – just near the dog-walking area and with a lovely river view. We were very happy. We staked the boys out (another first for them) and they played (and fought!) happily whilst we got set up, had a cuppa and a relax. The weather was glorious and looked set fair for the entire weekend. Lucky us. Damp memories of last Easter in Dorset “flooded” my mind. Boy – did it rain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n