North to East. Harrogate to Cambridge.

Sunday was a moving day, and we had a long trip ahead of us. The weather had reverted to the previous week when we drove here from Wales, and heavy rain warnings were in place for the route we were taking. Great.

We packed and left on time - just after 10:00 and went to the nearby Tesla chargers again. This visit was not so smooth as I needed my phone to initiate the charge and when I started the phone displayed ‘lost connection’ messages. This caused a lot of swearing (I learnt some new words from Jimmy Carr). Anyway, I realised that the stall I was using was right by some huge electrical boxes that supply a lot of electricity to the chargers. Could they be doing something bad to the mobile signal??? I walked about 10 metres away, and my phone came back, and the Tesla app on my phone picked itself up and started charging.

We drove on and ended up on the A1 as the rain started. It was pretty heavy on occasion and slowed us down, but we kept on for about 140km then came off at one of those huge roundabouts that they use for exits. We went around nearly twice before we got the right exit - I was quite giddy by then, but my two navigators picked the right exit.

As the rain stopped, we arrived at another Tesla station at Barton Hall (a hotel and venue) just outside Kettering. After nearly driving into a wedding, we found the superchargers (new high-speed ones). We just had time to use the loos and buy a drink before the charging was completed - so we parked up, ate our traditional stale cheese sandwiches, and drank expensive drinks. We needed that break and should have stopped earlier. Anyway, onwards for the final leg, which was trouble-free. We managed to make sense of the extensive instructions for entry and car parking and unpacked. We went to a nearby BP for urgent supplies and had baked beans on toast for tea.

Here we are in Cambridge.

[No photos - too busy driving. Just someone's photo of the superchargers at Barton Hall].もっと詳しく