Pereunt et Imputantur
Thu 18 May
Some forms for the farm had to be delivered to Exeter so we jumped in the car and headed along the A30. We crossed the mighty Tamar (which separates Cornwall and Devon) and drove around the north side of Dartmoor. While Joe sorted out something flash to wear to the York Races with his mother, I visited the Exeter Cathedral.
This cathedral is just shy of its 1000 birthday, and the highlight for me was the 500 year old astronomical clock in the north transept. The Latin phrase "Pereunt et Imputantur" at the base of the clock is usually translated as "they perish and are reckoned to our account", referring to the hours that we spend, wisely or not (thanks Wikipedia).
Kate Button, who is Joe's sister, and her daughters Lily (2) and Daisy (6 months) had driven down from Cardiff so we met up with them briefly before we drove back to Tregawn through Dartmoor. The sun came out which made for good viewing of my first thatched roof - a brand new one at that! When we made it to the top of the Moor it was photo time in the rugged terrain, and typically for an area that gets 60 inches of rain a year - it started to rain. We felt the thirst at Postbridge and luckily enough England's third highest pub was there for our convenience - the Warren House Inn. We popped inside for an Otter Ale and a pickled egg, and I had my first traditional farmhouse scrumpy; a curious experience. 
It had a very strong, but bitter, apple flavour, and the alcohol taste was very strong. Definitely had that stright-outta-the-barrel homemade feel about it. Other highlights included the Aston Martin DB9 (means nothing to me) and the old man with the monocle (means a lot to me).
The rain was teeming down so we ventured on to Dartmoor Prison in Princetown which was erected in the early 1800s to hold prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars. Another hour on the road and we were checking out some potato fields (the Button's main crop) before heading the Matthew's for takeway Chinese. Obviously while we waiting for the food to be cooked we headed to the Molesworth Arms for a half of Tetleys Smoothflow. Sweetbix!
Some forms for the farm had to be delivered to Exeter so we jumped in the car and headed along the A30. We crossed the mighty Tamar (which separates Cornwall and Devon) and drove around the north side of Dartmoor. While Joe sorted out something flash to wear to the York Races with his mother, I visited the Exeter Cathedral.
This cathedral is just shy of its 1000 birthday, and the highlight for me was the 500 year old astronomical clock in the north transept. The Latin phrase "Pereunt et Imputantur" at the base of the clock is usually translated as "they perish and are reckoned to our account", referring to the hours that we spend, wisely or not (thanks Wikipedia).
Kate Button, who is Joe's sister, and her daughters Lily (2) and Daisy (6 months) had driven down from Cardiff so we met up with them briefly before we drove back to Tregawn through Dartmoor. The sun came out which made for good viewing of my first thatched roof - a brand new one at that! When we made it to the top of the Moor it was photo time in the rugged terrain, and typically for an area that gets 60 inches of rain a year - it started to rain. We felt the thirst at Postbridge and luckily enough England's third highest pub was there for our convenience - the Warren House Inn. We popped inside for an Otter Ale and a pickled egg, and I had my first traditional farmhouse scrumpy; a curious experience. 
It had a very strong, but bitter, apple flavour, and the alcohol taste was very strong. Definitely had that stright-outta-the-barrel homemade feel about it. Other highlights included the Aston Martin DB9 (means nothing to me) and the old man with the monocle (means a lot to me).The rain was teeming down so we ventured on to Dartmoor Prison in Princetown which was erected in the early 1800s to hold prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars. Another hour on the road and we were checking out some potato fields (the Button's main crop) before heading the Matthew's for takeway Chinese. Obviously while we waiting for the food to be cooked we headed to the Molesworth Arms for a half of Tetleys Smoothflow. Sweetbix!
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