[HPforGrownups] Re: Oterrey St Catchpole/ St Mary /Exeter

[Heather Edmonds]

No: HPFGUIDX 4562

From: <nick at dvd-films.freeuk.com>

> Were you walking?  Maybe you have the wrong St Mary!   Ottery St May
> to Churligh is 20.4 Miles - as seen below from The AA

The AA man has never driven in Devon <g> I spent three years doing just
that. Mind you I do drive a Metro (do they have metros anywhere else in the
world? Probably not Britains best export.) with a very low top speed. A
proper car
could probably do it in 40-50 but I'm afraid as I travelled with students we
didn't ever have one of those. Its on Dartmoor and takes much longer than 26
minutes even in a better car. Having said that the AA man says it takes 25
minutes for me to get to my placement actually it takes 1:20. Of course in
miles in isn't very far but neither the A30 or A38 are very fast moving too
many tractors (and caravans in season).

BTW I meant Stoke Woods not Stoke Hill which is an Exeter suburb albeit a
very posh one, so it likes to think its a village.

Oh I also read somewhere sorry my sieve memory can't remember where that UCH
(nearest A&E to Kings Cross) has had an influx (probably 3 or 4) of children
who have hurt themselves trying to walk through the barrier between
platforms 9 & 10. I am sceptical because IIRC correctly there is no barrier
between them. College is a short walk away so I'll check that out next week.

As for whether it is a chioldrens book or not I too reserve comment however
certainly the persons who run Exeter would consider it one. As my mother
reminded me they also look down on teachers (as a trainee one again I won't
comment) which would have been another point against her. I can't remeber
who said she only became popular 98/99 when I wasn't working hard for my
finals my point though poorly expressed was meant to be that they should
have been helping her gain an audience. Where was the award winning school
of education?

Heather, speaking from sad experience as far as being stuck behind tractors
goes.