Ingatestone Dry Cleaners
A Trip to Grandma J's, Spreyton, Devon - 2nd June 2021
Nosher gets a lift down to Grandma J's in Spreyton in order to pick up some furniture from the gaff and drive it back to Suffolk in a rented van. This means, on the way down, a rare-enough opportunity to be a passenger and take the odd photo of random things like the M25 and Stonehenge. Once in Spreyton, and without a car, there's not much to do other than visit the legendary Tom Cobley tavern and undertake a mini beer festival for one by working through five of the pub's six beers over the course of an evening. The next day, we visit Mother at her care home in Bovey Tracey, then haul her out for a mildly-upsetting look around the house she can now barely remember.
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Ingatestone High Street
There's plenty of traffic on the M25
Bell Common tunnel on the M25
Light at the end of the tunnel
The motorway has a 60 limit on the go
The tripple-stacked bridges over the M25
The long-lived Give Peas a Chance graffiti is gone
The traffic grinds to a stop again
Enigmatic Helch graffiti
We stop off at Fleet Services on the M3
The M3 experiences a temporary queue
The link bridge over the M3
Tape on the floor attempts some Covid separation
There's a big protest banner on the A303
Stonehenge as seen from the nearby A303
Stonehenge is diminished by the traffic
Visitors walk around Stonehenge
Another tumulus near Stonehenge
A herd of cows near the A303
A nice tree tunnel on the A303
A K6 phonebox defibillator near Throwleigh
The road to Throwleigh
The Providence Chapel
Devon fields
The Tom Cobley beer garden is bliss
Roger the landlord chats to some regulars
Roger behind the Cobley's bar
Spreyton's 'high street'
The awesome Tom Cobley Tavern in Spreyton
Narrow roads at Sandy Park
Moretonhamstead in Devon
The gardens of Mother's care home
Sis shows a phone photo in the 'library'
Curious hut in Bovey Tracey
Mother potters around the dining room
We have a nice lunch of random stuff from the shop
Sis and Mother, on the patio
Sis shows off more photos
Cows in a field on the way back to Bovey
An old building on the Thompson's site at Bovey
Thompson's of Devon has cleared out
The Thompson's offices and remaining workshops
Bovey Tracey, near the Co-op
Dartmoor Garages - open as usual
Mother outside her home
Matt and Sis stride over to the Cobley
Matt does the hand-sanitiser thing
The top of the hill at Chapel Park
Patterns on the ceiling from a lampshade
Mother's lounge
The view from an upstairs bedroom
The outside is redecorated
The view from the garden
Mother's patio and garden
The dining room is packed away
Packing boxes in the lounge
A last look at the kitchen
A small corner remains untouched for now
Back on the road, at Countess Services on the A303
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Ingatestone Dry Cleaners
Ingatestone Dry Cleaners
Ingatestone High Street
There's plenty of traffic on the M25
Bell Common tunnel on the M25
Light at the end of the tunnel
The motorway has a 60 limit on the go
The tripple-stacked bridges over the M25
The long-lived Give Peas a Chance graffiti is gone
The traffic grinds to a stop again
Enigmatic Helch graffiti
We stop off at Fleet Services on the M3
The M3 experiences a temporary queue
The link bridge over the M3
Tape on the floor attempts some Covid separation
There's a big protest banner on the A303
Stonehenge as seen from the nearby A303
Stonehenge is diminished by the traffic
Visitors walk around Stonehenge
Another tumulus near Stonehenge
A herd of cows near the A303
A nice tree tunnel on the A303
A K6 phonebox defibillator near Throwleigh
The road to Throwleigh
The Providence Chapel
Devon fields
The Tom Cobley beer garden is bliss
Roger the landlord chats to some regulars
Roger behind the Cobley's bar
Spreyton's 'high street'
The awesome Tom Cobley Tavern in Spreyton
Narrow roads at Sandy Park
Moretonhamstead in Devon
The gardens of Mother's care home
Sis shows a phone photo in the 'library'
Curious hut in Bovey Tracey
Mother potters around the dining room
We have a nice lunch of random stuff from the shop
Sis and Mother, on the patio
Sis shows off more photos
Cows in a field on the way back to Bovey
An old building on the Thompson's site at Bovey
Thompson's of Devon has cleared out
The Thompson's offices and remaining workshops
Bovey Tracey, near the Co-op
Dartmoor Garages - open as usual
Mother outside her home
Matt and Sis stride over to the Cobley
Matt does the hand-sanitiser thing
The top of the hill at Chapel Park
Patterns on the ceiling from a lampshade
Mother's lounge
The view from an upstairs bedroom
The outside is redecorated
The view from the garden
Mother's patio and garden
The dining room is packed away
Packing boxes in the lounge
A last look at the kitchen
A small corner remains untouched for now
Back on the road, at Countess Services on the A303