A leisurely start from Ringwood saw David arrive from Hove and away we went heading for Plymouth for the first live Armchair Adventure Festival - last years festival was held on-line due to Covid-19 - hence the ‘Armchair’ festival .
The trip down was un-rushed (little did we know about the forthcoming chaos due to idiots panic buying fuel that was nofollow) and we stopped for a cuppa at Kilmington and made it to the Torpoint Ferry in good time and without incident. I manage to take the road less travelled (very narrow) before arriving at Mount Edgecombe Park. The site was great, even though most of it was on a slope, very interesting.. We met up with Colin Hitchcock on site.
The event was very well planned, laid out and organised with traders, information stands, a bar tent and food stalls. There was a large Main Stage and unfortunately a fire pit quite close to the camping area**. A good start was made with a visit to the pizza stall and then the bar. The band later started up and after a few numbers, it was time for me to retire to bed! The following days started very misty and it only cleared for a hour or so in the morning. When it did clear the sun proved to be quite hot and we even manage a few of visits down to the beach and the shop which sold wonderful sausage rolls and Cornish pasties.
The Sunday morning was another early start as we now urgently needed to get fuel - I had just 65 miles worth in the tank and 125 miles to ride home. We left the site just before 8:00am and managed to get some fuel near the Torpoint Ferry (limited to £10), and then after a few closed or overly busy petrol stations we finally found fuel at Kilmington (limited to £30). So following a wonderful cooked breakfast there we rode back to Ringwood.
All-in-all a good weekend but will have to think hard about attending next year..
** on of the down sides the fire pit was occupied on the Saturday night by a very loud group of drunk individuals who sang, shouted and talked exceedingly loud until 4:30am.
