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Flying 12 DHC goes on its holidays - Part 8

Day 10 - Dartmoor to Bristol

Once more we were on the road, we decided to follow the slower, hilly "old" road to Exeter, then the A30 to Honiton, the A303 then the A37 towards Bristol. All pleasant, steady driving with an average cruising speed of around 45 mph. We arrived on the outskirts of Bristol in the late afternoon, and found our overnight stop at the Premier Inn, Alveston, next to a vast old pub, The Ship.

Day 11 - Into Wales!

From Alveston we drove over the M48 Severn Bridge (£5.30 toll!) into Wales, where the Flying 12 travelled through wooded valleys and over some steep hills on B roads to Raglan. Here we called on Dennis and Sheila Brown. We swapped tales about our travels in our Standard cars and look forward to Dennis' article about their adventures going to Shetland this year. An excellent lunch at the Beauford Inn set us up to continue our journey into mid Wales.  From Raglan to Abergaveny, Builth Wells then Llandrindod Wells where we had five nights booked at the Metropole Hotel.

As we parked up and saw many familiar vehicles our sense of anticipation grew. We got to reception hearing loud, excited conversations and were greeted by lots of old friends, all animated and full of news of the past year or so.

There are about 30 cars involved in the Friends of Llangollen Rali, other Standard Club members here are Brian and Betty Parkes, David and Judith Over, Len Barr,  Mike and Pat Beavis and Charles Brotherton. The Fying 12 feels it has come home!

It shouldn't be necessary to tell you by now that it is still raining.

Day 10 - 100 miles

DaY 11 - 80 miles

Lynda  Homer.

Reporting from the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells

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