{"id":16349,"date":"2017-07-08T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T21:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=16349"},"modified":"2019-05-21T06:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:50:48","slug":"making-for-wales-2017-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=16349","title":{"rendered":"Making for Wales. 2017 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled: 192 kilometres from Oxford to Coventry in the Midlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Just in transit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: The Malt Shovel, Lane End, Bubbenhall (Coventry), N52.34978 W01.46943<\/a> (BritStop) free.<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By this stage if your still reading your probably wondering where are we going ?  The background being firstly our inverter had a little problem last year to which I made a temporarliy fixed.  After several emails and phone calls over the past 8 months we find an electronics place that specialise in our brand of invertor, just north of Coventry.  Secondly our friends Gary and Carmel also from Sydney are on a road trip around England and Ireland and are planning on being in Coventry today.  Lastly we are planning on touring Wales for a couple of weeks and it’s sort of on the way.   Its first light at 4 am this time of year in England, but we manage to steal an extra hour or so.  By 6 am we are up repacking some of the cupboards and getting ourselves organised.  On the road again continuing north after breakfast.  By lunch time the inverter has been repaired and we are thinking about where to park for the night.  After looking through our various data bases we find a counrty pub only 10 minutes out of Coventry, so we head over for a look.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A classic English pub, The Malt Shovel. You would never find it without the postcode or co-ordinates.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\n \nWe meet up with Gary and Carmel having a wonderful afternoon chatting about their travels and ours.  Full of beer and good company we say our goodbyes and another one of our goals for the start of our trip has been achieved.\n \n \n \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still mates since our days as young firefighter at Parramatta.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Poppies line the public footpath as we cross this farmer’s field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\n\nAfter a very long sleep we are up and about early and head off on a walk suggested by the Publican.  Its a cool morning but the sun is out and there is a light breeze.  The summer crops are maturing and wildflowers line the paths.  Wales is calling so we pack up and hit the road.  Hopefully the blogs get more interesting from here.\n \n \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving the motorways of England we roll into Wales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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