• Old fashioned map reading!

    October 28, 2025 in England ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

    We went 'old school' with no phones unless on WiFi. So that means no Google Maps and Jonah had to navigate using a road atlas. Thankfully Grandad appears to buy a new one every year. We took the 2022 edition because it was a smaller version so easier to manage. A Starbucks coffee for the road and we headed off.

    Jonah embraced the challenge, 1st stop a Camel farm and farm shop for lunch, somewhere near to Scotch Corner. Granny's friend, Rita, gave us some vague directions of taking the left fork and it's not far - you'll see it. We stayed true to the no phones and not surprisingly we didn't find it 🤣

    Instead we kept going and ended up at a garden centre for lunch instead - which had WiFi. A quick search for the Camel Farm Shop told us it was much further along the A66 than we imagined, but it looked quite good. So we put it on the list for the return journey.
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