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Today, it is my second british we, and my last one ;-(, so I continue my exploration of the area around Exeter, direction the national parc of Dartmoor, for a little walkÂ
To go the depart point, I took a bus with my German coloc Nora, and her boyfriend Tim.
Then, we arrived at Princetown, a very nice little village, and at the time when we went out of the bus, weÂve understood what is the very british typical weather, fog, wind, cooooooldÂ
So, I am asked the question, what I am doing here ???
Direction the tourism information center, where I talked with The specialist of the walking here, I asked him some idea to walk, and that was more or less his answer :
Here, there is a very good path, follow it, youÂll be sure to not loose yourself, because, here, the weather is changing all the time, and it is very easy to be lostÂ
So, I recomand you very much to not move away from this path.
I answered him, hey, man, you know, I am coming from Grenoble, from the mountains, you know, the true mountains ;-)), so I think, It will be all right !!
So, he told me again, be carefull, and if you are lost, look at the big TV anten, and then go the right, always the right, and youÂll arrive in Princetown, and in the worse case, return to the big road, and come backÂ
I was amused by this man, and I said to me that he had really taken me for a tourist ;-)
So, whatever, I started my walk on this path of 5 meters of larger, and I hadnÂt wait more than 15 minutes to leave this path and go by myselfÂ
Today, no map, no plan, IÂll go where I want, and inchallah !!
So, IÂve discovered, a very beautiful landscape, as I havenÂt seen like this one in France.
It is strange, it is a very very large area, there is nothing just a sort of grass yellow, and then, there is a little hill, with at its top, a tour of rocks. This tour are very curious, it seems as if it was human who have done themÂ
maybe it isÂ
to make thinking to the tourist that there is mountains in UK ;-))
I profit of those some of these bout de cailloux, for dgourdir my fingers, and my want to climbÂ
2 weeks without climbing yetÂ
but just 2 days, without swimmingÂ
you heard about my raynet transformationÂ
that continuesÂ
but, as I use to say, I said that me, I said nothing ;-))
So, I continue my story, there is also a lot of animals, sheeps, not chips Fredo, but sheeps ;-)), horses, birds, cowsÂ
it was a very exiting walkÂ
Then, I arrived at the last Tour I wanted to go ( I did like Tof used to, If I go there, I donÂt want to come again, so I do Everything which is possible ), and the time have spent very quickly, and it was really the time to come back, to be at the hour for the departure of the last bus to return in Exeter.
Then, the story starts reallyÂ
As I havenÂt taken a path, I thought to my return to be the most quick as possible, so to go straight on direction on Princetown, using my legendary good sense of the orientationÂ
So, I walked, I walked, more and more quicker because the time spent very fast, and IÂve seen a good path, a very good path, I said to myself it was the one described by the man of the tourist centerÂ
I followed it, but something looked strange to me, IÂve got the impression to not be on the good direction, so I finally decided to take the map to think a littleÂ
I do a bracket here, because, IÂve not say to you, but in England, there is any sign, any balisageÂ
so, I think you will guess what happened to meÂ
So, after a long moment of cerebral calculation, IÂve a look on my watch, a look at the TV anten, and then I decided to follow the advices of the manÂ
, always at the right, and youÂll arrived in PrincetownÂ
But, I had again this feeling to not be in the good direction, so I was little anxiousÂ
A last look on my watch, it was late, I wouldnÂt be at Princetown for the bus, so I was seeing a road not too far, I decided to go there, and then to improviseÂ
But, I have not seen that to go to this road, I had to cross a large mareycage, you know the mix in little grass, and a lot of waterÂ
So, I wet a little, a little beaucoup, my raynet foot, but whatever, the important is the roadÂ
Then, I arrived at this road, and I started to follow it in direction of princetown, I had still 45 minutesÂ
I thought, it was going to be tandious, but it is possibleÂ
30 min, heum, I said to me, a good way to be sure to arrive in time, it is to do hitchhikingÂ
The first time for meÂ
One car, two, three, fourÂ
but no one stopped, maybe my raynet clothes afraid the English people, it is well known that English people doesnÂt like too much the frog, especially the FrenchÂs one ;-))
Then, I was lucky, someone near the road was doing kite, I asked him :  is it far to go to princetown ?? He had a strange look at me, and said, that I was on the opposite direction, at 4 miles around (8 km)Â
No comentsÂ
I need more to be discouraged, so I had 15 min, I tried hitchhiking in the other direction, one car, twoÂ
and then, a bus, a big one !!!!
I stopped it crossing my arms, it stopped, I said to the driver : Âare you going to princetown ??Â, Âyes he answered little surprised of the situationÂ
, I said then , and Âhow long is it from here ?Â, Â10 minÂ, Â10 minutes, ouoauaouoauaouaouoaÂ, I saidÂ
It was a real miracle !!
It is unbelievable as I am always luckyÂ
I think, I have a good star who takes care of meÂ
So, I arrived 1 min before the bus to Exeter, I joined my friends, who had got a good idea to not go with me, and we came back in ExeterÂ
For the little story, there was two Tv antens thatÂs the why of the whatÂ
To make feel better, we went to our favourite pub of Exeter, the very famous ImperialsÂ
So, even in England, there are always crazy things who happened to me, maybe it is the chance, or maybe, it is me, and my subconsious which enjoyed days like thatÂ
I let you the answerÂ
See you on 4supÂ
.in French then !!
