From Midsomer to Portsmouth

Before leaving Oxfordshire, a few stops in the middle of Midsomer

- Great Milton

- Little Milton

 - Dorchester-on-Thames

 

 

- Goring

But unfortunately, I didn't see any Inpector Barnaby...

Only 24 more hours until I return the car and, so far, the weather has not been too bad. Yes, I know, I have complained a couple of times about the heavy rain and fog since the beginning of the trip but, generally speaking, it has not impacted my planning too badly (apart from the total failure approaching Cape Cornwall). And now is the moment when England gets flooded. By the time I get to Avebury Stone Circle, most of the roads are coveres with more than 10 centimeters of water, which prevents from driving faster than 5 or 10 km/h, and starts worrying me seriously. You could imagine that English would be pretty good at drainage, but it does not seem to be the case.

I will eventually reach my accommodation for tonight with a delay of one hour and a half, extremely relieved (and so was my host, who was pretty sure I would not make it). According to what people say, they have seldom seen such a rain, and trust me, English know a lot about heavy rains...

On the following day, I am supposed to be in Stonehenge at 11:00 (you have to book tickets in advance, with a fixed time) but it will take me 52 minutes to cover the last 3 miles. No problem, everyone is late this morning...

Last stop before returning the car, it is still raining cats and dogs, and the roads are still flooded, so the visit of Salisbury will be limited to the cathedral.

 

 

 

By the time I reach Portsmouth, it is 17:30, and absolutely everything is closed (shops, museums, even the restaurants are about to close), so I will only see Charles Dickens' birthplace from the outside.

Bye bye UK, I am happy that I didn't drowned during the last day... Looking forward to seeing Normandy, which is currently suffering from a historical drought.