An Un-Wanted Reminder of Hungary.....

I received this yesterday... a penalty charge for driving on the M1 east of Budapest without an e-vignette....

I wonder how many more are coming my way....? 

I will remember this when I start my new travels in November.....

A Trip to the Sea & Exmoor...19th September.

This a reminder of SUN! 
It's been raining for the past two weeks and how quickly do you forget about days of warm sun and blue skies... So I've decided to write about a brief journey to West Somerset just under a month ago.....

With the car finally returned from the accident repair centre and to make the most of the late summer weather before the on-set of autumn and the remnants of hurricane weather systems, I decided to drive down to West Somerset to visit the sea and then travel through Exmoor.

The weather was wonderful, clear blue skies with enough heat to believe that it was still summer.

Driving south on the M5, I left the motorway north of Bridgewater to drive over the Quantocks and then onto Minehead having past Dunster (booked to return for lunch)...

I arrived in Minehead after the rush hour had finished.. (only joking... ) 

When the weather is like this then even Minehead can resemble a Mediterranean resort.
The main difference is that behind me is Butlins..... but still busy in September.. 

The sea was (nearly) in.... I always seem to remember it out.....
The harbour looked to be settling down for the autumn but good to see the number of boats for tourist trips at anchor...

'Rush hour..'

After spending the morning looking by the sea, I drove to Dunster and the Luttrell Arms for a quick lunch in the garden.. 

The Luttrell Arms on the left facing the Yarn Market...

...and then into Exmoor across Dunkery Beacon... 

And then on to the Brendon Hills (still in the Exmoor National Park).. to Brompton Regis and Wimbleball Lake... 

So quiet... driving in and then out of the village reminded me just now isolated the village was when visiting my father after he had moved up here...

Wimbleball Lake... 

..with a thriving activity centre with a cafe that was surprisingly busy given that I hadn't met any other traffic.

The car is still trying to gate crash the photos....

Finally driving over the top of the Brendon Hills and down into the Vale of Taunton, with the Quantocks in the horizon.....

Back to the traffic and the M5....