Cheriton Fitzpaine

Im here, I finally made it. The bus journey was fairly uneventful, I spent some of the time reading and some of the time thinking up plans as to what I would do if no one was there to pick me up. I realised on the plane that I hadnt actually received an email back from my aunt after I asked her to pick me up from the bus station, leading me to believe she hadnt got it. Luckily she was there when I got off the bus and all was fine.

From Exeter we drove back to the small village of Cheriton Fitzpaine where my aunt and uncle and two of my cousins lived. While Im here Ill be staying with my cousin Phillip and his friend in my grandmothers old house right in the middle of the village. Just so you know, Phillip is the youngest of my three cousins on my mothers side and is almost exactly 18 years older than I am. My other cousins Helen and Sarah are both married and have 2 kids, the oldest of which (and the only one I have met so far) is Hannah at 13.

Ive taken a couple of walks around Cheriton Fitzpaine and its surrounds and while the surrounding fields bordered with their high hedges is very different from home there's a familiarity about it I cant quite place.

The roads or lanes around Devon however are shockingly different. The roads that surround these small villages are, in most places lined by high hedges, some even taller than I am. This is not because the hedge is so high but because over hundreds of years of use, before it was bituminized, they have sunk lower and lower so that the surrounding fields are all at a higher level than the road itself.

The lanes themselves are all very thin, and only in some cases can you pass an oncoming car. It is common occurrence to meet a person coming the other way and have to reverse until you find a spot wide enough to pass each other.

Here's a couple of random shots I took on the flight, these are a couple of the reasons I love flying so much.

The second pic is of a salt lake although I'm not entirely sure which one.

Ive also found out that I am almost completely unaffected by jet lag :D. I think it was nightfill that did that for me.

Until next time, have fun.