Depends on the car to some extent 
It’s a Ford Galaxy…
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Is that not normal for these parts then?
The stereo in it is probably worth more these days
It does have the “upgraded” stereo. It’s something by Sony. I’ve certainly heard worse in cars.
Working, but I saw Tyson Fury looking at a £200k G Class
Fuck me, he’s a big lad.
And all that stuff about him still driving a 08 passat is shite, he rocked up in a Taycan Estate, and his Mrs was waiting for him in a Rolls Royce Cullinan…
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Works for me 
A wander around the valleys & villages of East Cornwall.
Today’s walk began in the quiet but pretty village of Linkinhorne, headed South West down into the valley of the River Inny, along the valley following the river before looping up along lanes through several other small villages.
Linkinhorne has an impressively large church for what is a tiny place, with the second highest tower/spire in the county (120ft) I guess just behind Truro Cathedral. Not sure why it was so blessed.
I had seen on the OS map that there was supposed to be an old Holy Well some way off the lane across a couple of fields & even when we got down there it required walking through a bog, climbing a wall, making my way along a fallen tree & then getting down into another bog. All for St Mellor’s well.
Surely a portal to somewhere.
On we went taking in the fine view of the ridge that marks the Eastern edge of Bodmin moor. Caradon Hill has the masts,
Eventually we reached the river & headed South stopping for a Sandwich just below Egypt. This valley & the river are beautiful. We’d previously walked a stretch further up which was similar.
Crossing a small brook someone was happy for respite from the heat.
Eventually our route took us away from the river and up to Golberdon where we found this poor damsel padlocked into a phone box.
I was enjoying the relaxed outdoor life some of the residents partook of.
It did look as if the doorway to this otherwise mundane and recent cowshed had been taken from somewhere grander.
Eventually we came to another village, South Hill which had a fine church (St Sampson’s) and which according to OS had an inscribed stone in the churchyard.
Couldn’t really make out the inscriptions but it’s said to date from the 5th century and was found in someone’s garden before being put up in the churchyard.
The stained glass inside was nice.
although I was more intrigued by the rather witchcrafty looking sculpture in the porch.
The last stretch was partly cross country but still with nice views.
Another good day out. One mystery was when we passed a van with a tail lift lowered and backed into a farm’s drive where some guy was struggling to move the corpse of a largeish but unrecognisable animal into the back. Wasn’t a sheep but quite shaggy, maybe a dead calf of some long haired variety. Didn’t really want to ask!
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Taking the jalopy in for a service and MOT.
Given that the garage gaily festooned it with advisories last year I think this mutha’s gonna blow big 
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There’s a holy well in St Albans. This may not seem surprising, since the main road into town is called Holywell Hill. Legend has it that when St Alban was decapitated, his head rolled down to this point and water sprung forth.
An excavation was made a few years ago, to great excitement, and it turned up… a Victorian garden ornamental well. This has been duly preserved, in the middle of a housing development, while it’s likely that the actual 3rd/4th century well that was a pilgrimage site was bulldozed when the local private school needed another rugby pitch.
And the name Holywell Hill probably comes from the family name Halliwell, so that’s bollocks as, er, well.
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There seem to be dozens of them in this area but I do try to seek them out if they’re anywhere near the route.
My favourite so far is Dupath Well chapel near Callington.
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I’m currently re-reading this
It’s ‘good’ rather than ‘great’ - Robert MacFarlane he ain’t - but the early medieval (departure of the Romans to arrival of the Normans) is his occupational specialism, so he isn’t winging it, and this is an account of him walking through the countryside too.
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BiL was telling me about a holiday they’d just had up in the NE looking at Anglo-Saxon sites starting at Jarrow and heading North up towards Bamburgh & Holy Island.
He’s another fan of the Last Kingdom which is about that period until the Normans arrived.
I’ve been meaning to do a proper weekend in Winchester as the history there interests me.
Would love to see these compiled into their own thread.
Gerry, a living patron Saint 
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Currently sat waiting for the breakdown services. Got the car less than 10km from the garage that’s had it for repair before it lit up the dash like a Christmas tree. FML.
I could help with the move, but ultimately it’s up to Guy if he wants to do it, or maybe start himself a new travelogue thread from now.
Shifting the comments from previous ones would probably be unrealistic too.
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“Such low mileage that nothing has deteriorated and it’s all still advisory.”
Oil and brake fluid and that’s it. Phew.
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Your car probably needs the services of a conservator rather than a mechanic.
The V&A might be interested
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