Holiday Time.
Well a fortnight ago, The Bus was loaded up and driven down to Somerset. The Bus drove really well on it's first major outing. The speed was about 55/60 mph. Not record breaking by any means ,but this felt comfortable. The journey was done in one straight run, with a brief stop near Birmingham for fuel and overpriced food. Arrived on the country roads to Glastonbury in total darkness with roadworks and road closed signs/diversions everywhere. This stretch of the journey was not fun at all, finally parked up at about 11.45pm with eyes like a startled cat. Had a cup of tea (yeah Rock and Roll man) then went to sleep. The next few days were spent meeting friends and generally relaxing. Next stop Devon, about 1 hours drive south. This is where the Bus was slowish on the hills. The Bus would pull like a train in the lower gears as long as the revs where kept high. The plan was now to down-shift a gear or two at the sight of a oncoming steep hill. On the motorway stretches I was well impressed with the low end Torque from the engine, where putting your foot down in top, produced excellent power/speed.
Anyways, Devon arrived and once again the small festival which we crew at started to take shape, ready for the coming weekend with glorious sunshine and good company. The toilets were dug, the lights put up, stage erected, marquees put in place etc, now time to chill and enjoy the next few days.
Well the festy went great, but Monday arrived with a massive hangover and all sorts of tatting down jobs to do. Spent the day in glorious sunshine taking paracetamols and sweating loads.
There was only a few of us left on-site now, so with the evening getting ever closer a chip shop run was made and along with bottles of Smirnoff ice and wine that was donated from the beer tent, another alcohol night was enjoyed.
Woke up Tuesday morning feeling loads better, so after tea the few remaining jobs were finished off.
The weather was still beautiful and the decision was made to head off to Avebury for the night. A few others would follow on and we would meet up at Silbury Hill. A Lovely journey along the A303 then upwards towards Avebury and final destination, Silbury Hill.
Met up with a few friends . Cups of tea, then on to Avebury before retuning to Silbury Hill. A musical evening followed with Drumming, Didge amd flute. It was the night of the full moon and as it shone on to Silbury Hill, it made the whole area look magical. Rain followed a couple of hours later, so back to the bus for more tea and then sleep.
The next day off to Avebury for food and drink, then we spent the day drumming, didgin, fluting etc at the stones. Finally we said our goodbyes and our friends headed off to Essex. We then started north towards the Rollright stones and our eventual return home.
Also forgot to take the camera, so unfortunately no photos,,, oh well.