St. Helens --trying to make the best of it -- Wednesday June 19, 2013

I'm not sure why being in St. Helen's is depressing us.  If we weren't so cheap, we would have moved on to find a nicer location to lay our heads!

Ed is making a valiant effort to get us out of this run down city for the day, though.  He has found a National Park a few hours away and has stopped at the supermarket for cheese and crackers and wine and we are going back to what we like best--quiet and nature!

Unfortunately, to get there you have to go thru MANY little cities with bumper to bumper cars and a million round abouts!  I know they make the traffic move better since streets come and go in all directions, but really--in some places they are every half mile!

The Ram's Head Pub

The ride turned out to be not exactly relaxing.  We found a really nice country pub in the town of Disley, called The Ram's Head, for lunch but that's about all.  By the time we got to the town the National Park was in, we realized it was not what we expected.  We were able to drive thru this beautiful countryside, but never did find an entrance to a park as such with benches or picnic tables, etc.  We turned around and headed back to St. Helen's.

Going home, the roundabouts are a killer.....they're every mile or so.  Crazy!  But I am sure it would be worse if there were traffic lights that often! I don't know how Ed has been able to negotiate these roads with the stick shift etc!  I would NEVER be able to do it! 

We finally made it home to have our cheese and crackers....but in our tiny, old room. 

I'm giving him 5 stars anyway for the old college try!