Day two: Laying Low...

"Damn, outside ain't so nice..."

Morning came (as it typically does) and the weather had improved a little. Not much, but enough that we could tell once the midst had burnt off it was going to be hot.

Breakfast was had: bacon butties, Shreddies and custard creams (!) and the topic of conversation moved to people's plans for the day.

As there are so few of us doing LEJOG this year, we hadn't been planned in to do the traditional minibus washing, so today was a lazy day. This gave us a chance to rest after the drive down, and I drove today letting David take it easy.

"When I said I'd put their lights out,I didn't mean it like that..."

I wanted to get some more bits from Asda, and try to find a 12v charger for my phone, which had suffered a bit yesterday. The USB charger in Dennis is only on with the ignition and it was impractical to leave the keys in the car while the phone was charging...

I also wanted to see if the Saltrock shop at Atlantic Village had any more of the hats to which I'm partial, so we headed off there to see what was what. By the way, the battery situation is why wheresdennis.co.uk was not running today.

Arriving at Atlantic Village, we saw quite a crowd outside Asda. There was an electrical problem which meant that there was no power thru the whole place so people were being turned away. We went to Barnstaple instead.

After a wander round a few places, Tesco came up with the goods and we were on our way back.

"We still need supplies, but we need to lay low..."

So off back to Atlantic Village we went, and it looked like they'd stuck another 50p in the meter as it was all open again. Saltrock didn't have any hats so we headed in to Asda for a bucket, some salt and 2 bags of ice to help chill the tinnies back at the site.

Back to the tents and we found the Students had headed off home and Jock's crew were out doing similar. Nothing for it but to get the beer chilling and do some chilling ourselves.

"Maybe there'll be fewer cops in the next town?"

Terry and Linda arrived too, and after a bit of stickerification for the door plaques we all headed in to Westward Ho! to have tea at the Waterfront, which was nice, then back to the site to relax and plan Monday.

"We might be on our own here..."

Back at the site, Jo and Mike were there to greet us, but also to say that they might not be able to join us on the run - which was a great disappointment as I'd only just put the run number on Dennis' back window! - but they'd be trying to make arrangements to come with us. Jo was very disappointed, but was very good at resisting a slice of chocolate cake...

So we discussed the chances of us being a 3 mini run, while the sun went down and the fleeces went on. Carol and Michelle also unveiled their solar powered tent fairy lights, amid cries of "ooh!" and "aah!", and after another quick beverage, it was time to retire for the day.