Tuesday, 8 May 2018

May Bank Holliday




Day 1
It's an absolutely beautiful morning and the weather forecast is good for the next two days so I will be making the most of it.
I have been up since 6.00am checking the seals and trims on the outside of the van for any signs of damage that might be a problem come next winter.
I have also checked the solar panel fitting the skylight opening and anything else that might be a problem in the future.
As the van is coming up to a grand old age of 19 years I think it's worth checking over there is one or two problems that need addressing soon and that's to do with resealing the roof joints.
Now is it worth patching up or better having a full job done resealing the lot as I have no intentions of getting another motorhome, so need this one to be kept in good order?
Done enough work now time for a bike ride I had noticed a sign for St Clether not far from Launceston my starting point was near Trethorne Leisure Park.
Going down the back roads I came across a pub the Rising Sun  Near (Tregunnon) which has a campsite with hookups at around £10 a night all in it might be worth a try one weekend.
Has some of you know i do not use campsites other than Christmas time and I then only go to the Red Post Inn, anyway back to the bike ride.
After cycling a good few miles mostly downhill I reach St Clether in the middle of nowhere being a bank holiday weekend the church ( St Clether ), St Clether church and chapel, was having a Tomas Hardy weekend festival which was of no interest to me but the tea and cake were.
While there I was told about St Clether Chapel and the sacred well which was a ten-minute walk behind the church set in a nature reserve in a valley it was well worth the visit.
Now the ride back was mostly a walk back for me retracing my route was uphill all the way and it is one hell of a hill.
Day 2
I'm in a very secluded spot at the moment staying out of the way with all the bank holiday traffic on the roads and in most of the holiday towns and spots.
I was a bit pissed off when woken up  in the early hours of this morning by the noise being made by the arrival of two motorhomes  that parked up behind me
I know that we have to make the beds up close cupboards get the kettle on etc, but do we really need to have the radio on at near full blast and start shouting to each other, whats the F??king plans for tomorrow we will have to go F??king early cos every twat and his mother will be out.
Fortunately, they pissed off at about 7.30 just hope they don't invade my park up again tonight. Later on, I Drove to Davidow to watch the Davidstow model aeroplane club  Davidstow Model flying Club flying some of the wonderful planes and helicopters, later on in the evening  I thought I fly my drone over to where the horses were grazing this was about 7.15 pm should get the sun lowish in the sky.
Did all my pre-flight checks as normal and off she went the horses were only about a 1/3nd of a mile away, got five minutes of filming done then moved the drone back towards me about 200 foot and at 40 foot high  I started to film  took my eye off the screen to look at the drone only to watch it fall out of the sky and tumble to earth. On landing, it smashed one of the legs, smashed off the camera and gimble mounting.
I do have the two takes on the micro card the fist take plays ok and no sign of problems the take is on the card but will not play so at this moment I can not see the moment the drone stopped working. Not sure what I'm going to do now have it repaired or sell off the controller and the new battery, the drone is still flyable but of no use to me without the camera.
If i do get another drone it will only be a cheap one.

Went on another bike / walk today starting of on the riverside walk from the bridge in Camelford and walking to advents church passing through some pretty nice little hamlets one called Pencarrow which had a telephone box library see the Video below the hamlet was called Pencarrow I believe there to be another pencarrow down south (Pencarrow Grange or Manor) Pencarrow, up and down another few steep hills back to the van for another afternoon sunbathing.

A Nice Bit Of Sunbathing






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