As you get closer to Dartmoor, the road starts to roll over the hills - like a roller coaster - single carriageway, then dual & plenty to see along the way.
Just as things snarl up behind a tractor Stone Henge comes into view on the right - seems much closer in real life than the camera picks up.
This speed camera might have got me - after what seemed like hours (minutes in reality) nose to tail plodding, the road opens with a passing lane and I may have been a little too exuberant with the right pedal!
Arrived at the hotel around 3pm.
Parked up - between random cars; however on closer inspection these are early 2000's Ford Focus's - so my diminutive Zero is using a similar engine to them: 2 litre Zetec - ~1.5ton Focus vs. 720kg Zero.
Good time made, went for a wander around Buckfastleigh, and a small pub crawl from The Globe to The Abbey Inn for food, and then consider the route for tomorrow - over Dartmoor and on to Penzance.
Hi Richard you pretty much passed my front door. Next time feel free to use me for a pit stop.(fellow zero owner) The speed camera you passed if it's in Somerset you should be ok as they switched them all off a year or so ago and rely on mobile ones. But please don't hold me to that.
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