On Monday morning the fully-loaded Charabanc* of Fun** will depart these parts and head southwesterly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The estimated travel time is 5-1\/2 hours, but as one of the occupants of the Charabanc will be an 8-1\/2 month-old puppy (nervous traveller, prone to frequent toileting), it’s fair to expect the journey to take considerably longer than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are heading to a far-off land of magical, mystical delights, where the natives wear grass skirts, frequently stop passers-by in the streets and inflict on them a strange local dance called the Haka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, we are going to Cornwall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people think that Cornwall got its name because it used to be separated from Devon (and why wouldn’t anyone want to be separated from Devon?) by a wall of corn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that’s not actually the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cornwall got its name because it was formerly owned by Sir Henry de Vere Cornwallis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sir Henry de Vere Cornwallis was, in his middle years, the inventor of the non-striking flintlock, the hole in the bottom of the bucket, and the hot-air balloon made entirely of lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately Sir Henry de Vere Cornwallis met a very untimely end when he was crushed beneath a wall of corn he was building around his bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where was I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh yes, that’s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we expect that our journey to Cornwall will take considerably longer than the 5-1\/2 hours that Google Maps says it will take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This trip is likely to become a major tour of roadside Services on the A42, M42, M5, A30, A39, and the A392.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But all of this is a very small price to pay in order to take the fluffy little friend on holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Not really a Charabanc
\n**May not actually contain that much fun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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