Up early after a cold night, the grass is white with frost as are the tents. Today we're going to see steam trains on the West Somerset Railway. http://westsomersetrailway.vticket.co.uk/ With D&J we wait outside the site for the 398 bus which arrives at 9:39 to take us via Winsford, Exford and Dunster arriving at Minehead station at 10:45. We buy our train tickets and go for an early lunch in the Turntable Restaurant. Our train is hauled by GWR 7828 Odne...

It's a bright and sunny morning, but being Good Friday there are no buses so we plan to have a lazy day in and around the site. The river running past our pitch is crystal clear and a pheasant is going around the site looking for breakfast scraps. Ali unloads the wheelchair, which has stayed safely on the carrier on its maiden voyage, and we wander up through the woods to the weir which supplies the stream to the mill where the campsite owners live. White wate...

We leave home just after 11:00 in sunshine and have a good journey in light traffic. After a short stop for lunch at Sourton we continue past Exeter and Tiverton into the Exe Valley. A glitch with Snoopy the sat-nav has us on a detour down a single track lane for 3/4 of a mile but we're soon on the right road again and arrive at the Exe Valley campsite in Bridgetown at 15:40. We park next to Dick& Jan and get set up right next to the river. Chicken curry ...

Last week Ali handed in her notice at work, partly because the time is right but mainly so that we can scoot off in our motor home, which we call Mary*Lou, whenever the mood takes us. Lots of her workmates asked if we'll be keeping a blog so they can follow our travels so Nick has been tasked with setting it up. offexploring.com appears to fit the bill, so this is the first entry to see how it works.