London to Bristol
Tuesday 27th December 2022
We'd decided to head to South Wales for some of the bit between Christmas in New Year, and to break up the journey we stayed in Bristol tonight, at the hotel with views of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The weather was grim and the driving was awful, but it was a change of scenery at least!
London December 2022
John's Pictures

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13:16:55
As we were passing the junction between the M40 and the M25 I could just see the lone white horse I'd first met on my strange adventure in the area back in October. I tried to get a photo but we were moving too quickly and there were too many obstructions.

13:17:02

13:18:10
Video of the bridge over the M25 from that same strange adventure back in October.

17:27:24
After a very long grueling drive down the M4 - really horrendous driving conditions and very heavy traffic - we finally made it to Bristol. Chie and Erika's room was upgraded to a balcony room and had a view of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

17:28:21
The view in the other direction.

17:28:28

17:47:57
The girls' room.

17:57:03
The view from the hotel terrace. Not very nice weather still.

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18:52:09
View from a slightly different spot, maybe also the hotel's terrace, I forget now.

18:52:19

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18:54:22
Dinner in the sort of pub thing attached to the hotel. It wasn't great but it was easy.

20:06:24
For a "Hotel du Vin" I was rather unimpressed with the hotel's wine list. Not a Burgundy in sight! The only thing I could find was this Spatburgunder which wasn't a particularly great example thereof.

20:12:03
Erika watching telly in the girls' room after dinner.

20:26:32
....and eating the complimentary Ferrero Rocher.