Visited 24th March 2013.
The second day of our weekend in Exeter found us walking round the city armed with a map of Art Galleries and workshops and various other gathering places. We were on the trail of Art. We had a pretty good day and managed to visit a gallery (the starting point), a pub and two shops that were part of the art trail. We were fed biscuits and chatted with artists and generally enjoyed ourselves even though there was a lot of walking involved. We finished for the day with a walk to the new 'spoons which hadn't existed on our last visit. Time for something to eat but we had left it a bit late and all the hot dogs were gone as was the lasagne. I settled for a beef roast and a beer, with the girls having ham, egg and chips and a baked potato with tuna and a couple of pints of Pepsi. When we arrived it was very busy and the barman was working hard trying to keep up on his own but it quietened down a bit during the time we were there. We decided we had had enough walking for the day as we worked out that it was going to take us about forty five minutes to walk back to our friends car and it was starting to get very cold. So we called a cab, to take us back to the car! She drove us back to her house so we could get our bags and car and then, thankfully, we had a nice uneventful journey home. A different, but very enjoyable weekend.
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Visited 23rd March 2013.
We were invited to stay for the weekend in Exeter by a friend who has just bought a house there. The last time we were in Exeter we were visiting her while she was studying at the University there and following the completion of her exams like the city so much she decided to stay. Since we were last there Wetherspoons have opened another pub so it was a chance to catch to again. We left home in the snow and ran into a bit of a blizzard. It continued for several M4 junctions but eventually died away a bit before Bristol. We made it onto the M5 and then turned off to head towards Nailsea where there was the first of the 'spoons on my weekend list. With about a mile to go two deer shot out of a hedgerow. The lead one made it but the second was not so lucky. Despite some intense braking by Mrs S. we did not manage to stop in time and the deer bounced off the front of the car and sat stunned in the middle of the road. I got out and walked round to the front of the car, by which time the deer had got up and ran back through the hedge into some woods beyond, leaving us with a dented car and a smashed indicator. We made the last mile into Nailsea where we parked up and went looking for the pub which turned out to be pretty easy to find. It was warm and busy inside but we were able to get a table with no problem and the service at the bar was quick, as was the arrival of our breakfast. The pub was of a modern design was comfortable and felt lived in. We sat eating our eggs Benedict and drinking our lattes while forming a repair plan. As it turned out the repair plan didn't amount to much, basically it was find a hardware shop, buy Gaffa tape and some clear plastic and cover the broken lens to stop it getting wet as the bulb was coloured and still worked. We found a hardware shop, bought the stuff, made some temporary repairs and were swiftly back on the road.
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