After another great brekkie, we finished packing up and said our goodbye’s to the staff and to Gill our hostess at Ennys.
Then we traveled quite a way on the most schizophrenic highway in England, the A30… you’re driving along a ‘dual-carriageway’ highway (like the 401) when suddenly, it shrinks down to a two-lane highway… and then even more suddenly, you’re driving around a corner where the road isn’t wide enough for two full lanes so the centre white line disappears! And the traffic jams are horrendous… we lost at least an hour driving time on our way to Dorset.
We stopped for lunch at The Rising Sun pub just outside Altarnun… had great Tuna melts with Gruyere cheese! Yumm!
There was quite a unique Pack Horse Bridge beside the church in Altarnun.
We finally arrived at Munden House, just outside Sherbourne, Dorset, around 4:30PM… about an hour after we’d hoped.
Here’s a shot of the outside of the main house.
We are staying in the Garden Suite, which has it’s own entrance…
… and its own patio out back.
The gardens are pretty, but would be even nicer earlier in the spring and summer.
The B&B’s own border collie, Cassie, would play fetch with a tennis ball until your arm fell off!
After have a cup of tea and a bit of Cornish Rattler, we went for a walk of the tiny hamlet of Alweston or Allweston as we’ve seen both spellings.
Many lovely thatched cottages, a large working farm and a new section that look like homes in an English bedroom community for Yeovil, Sherbourne or Dorchester.
We booked to have dinner with the hosts at Munden House for 7:30, so I’ll finish up early tonight. On to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door tomorrow, weather permitting!
Cheers!