Day 26 - Honiton Back home again !

After travelling at a frenetic pace over the last couple of weeks it was nice to ease back into `cruise zone` spending a day not doing too much in Honiton other than trying to ward off Monika`s germs which appear to have finally overun my heroic defense system bringing on a cold !

You really do know you're back in England .... the weather is predictably cold ... you cant find anywhere to park .....the national paper has16 pages devoted to Margaret Thatcher and still has room for a semi naked women though respectfully on page 17 .... and with the lousy weather the towns Tesco supermarket becomes the main hangout !

Honiton, a town of over 10,000 residents may not be up to your classic European history standard but it does have some significant local history as I found out perusing the local museum today -

- laying out a dual carriageway near the town, workers uncovered bones of many ancient hippos suggesting a much warmer climate thousands of years back .... hard to believe I know !

- Arthur ` Bomber `Harris head of British bomber command during ww2 went to school in Honiton !

- the tradition of throwing hot pennies out of a window in the towns main street goes back 150+ years and serves as a main feature of Honitons annual carnival period !

and most importantly Honiton

- is where Monika and I met 36 years ago while working at one of Honitons Hotels ....

Young love and all 1 million of our UK family (seems like it!) is why Honiton is our 2nd home !