All packed and ready to leave at 11:15. Ali has decorated Mary*Lou with a few Christmas garlands, tinsel and bright red seat covers. We have an easy and sunny dive to Sourton where we break for lunch and refuel. There are a few showers but plenty of sun, making south Devon and Dorset look really beautiful and colourful. In fact more autumnal than mid-winter. We reach Birchwood campsite near Warehan about 10 minutes before darkness and a cloudburst. ...