Morning.
It is grey and drizzling here. The grey has brightened up a bit though .
Yesterday afternoon we decided to go out for a drive to Chew Valley reservoir for a trip out . As there were some road closures around our normal route around Bath we let our sat nav work out a route .
Never knew those places existed or the narrow twisting roads . We didn't arrive at our destination. I got fed up of being led down narrow lanes and not coming across a major road so that I could figure out where I was . Once I found a place on a sign I recognised I headed for it . West Harptree! It was a place I was familiar with which we used to pass through on our way to Weston Super Mare when the kids were young. We eventually found the lake, a straight road running through it with a large lake to one side and a smaller bit to the other, with parking alongside the road . Although it looked familiar there were certain bits which didn't seem quite right .
I parked the car and got out . It wasn't half windy. I could almost lean into the wind and be supported by it at an angle .
. I pittied a cyclist that was having to battle against that .
We stayed for a while, had an ice-cream and watched the Ducks, Swans , Coots, oh! And a big Egret. The rain moved in I decided to wait until it had blown over before we moved on towards West Harptree.
We eventually went through the village heading towards Bath and saw what we had been looking for, the lake! But it was a bit like dejavu. We thought we had just been here, but not ! It was confusing in that the two places could look so similar yet have subtle differences that made you think things had changed over the years. Even the place that we remembered had changed , the water reeds have spread so that the lake is now further away. We stayed a while before setting off on what was a familiar road to me .
Although it was very confusing we have now discovered another place to visit on a day out .
Which you probably will. Someone, somewhere undoubtedly makes chocolate bicycle parts...
