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the car and leaned on its bonnet whilst eating and drinking, Lily screwing her face up at every bite, Nathan picking small bits off his cereal bar, Eileen thought of her and Peter’s camping trips when they were courting, they would often camp in the woods in a two man tent that would get soaked through even at the mention of the rain, but then it was their sanctuary and she smiled as the warm memories came over her.
     
    ‘I’ll have a fag, reverse out of this mess, then we can stop off somewhere and have a coffee’ said Peter, sounding more determined than he ever been, this lifted everyone and the holiday mood was once again with them and soon they would be in the caravan all laughing at this, Peter was thinking of Bodmin Jail.
    ‘And breakfast, I need bacon’ said Lily,
    ‘And breakfast’ laughed Peter,
    ‘With lots of brown sauce’ added Nathan licking his lips, Lily high fived him.
    Eileen had got the map out of the compartment and studied it,
    ’ there’s a service station a couple miles away in Magor I think, we just need to get back on that road that led us up here, I would kill for a coffee’
    ‘I’ll reverse us down’ Peter said, ‘we’ve only come about a mile this way, shouldn’t be too difficult, at least I’ll be able to see where I’m bloody going this time’ he looked at the trees in front of him and the narrow track leading through ‘ Under fucking wood’ he thought, you can stick your Underwood’
     
    Lily went back into the boot to get a magazine when she found out she still had no signal on her phone, ‘ how could people live without Facebook’ she thought, she would need something to occupy her in the car, even if it was to blank out the noises of Nathans silly game, daylight seemed to have got amongst them quickly and it did indeed look as if it was going to be a nice day as the sun shone through the trees, she could feel the heat of the sun as she found the magazine she wanted and turned to get into the car.
     
    Lily was suddenly frozen to the spot, the fear she had felt the day before was back, only this time it wasn’t the weather she had feared, for the weather was real, and  now she thought ‘ this can’t be real’. Her heart missed several beats and her stomach dropped, she thought her mind was playing tricks, but something told her that wasn’t the case.
     
    ‘Dad’ she screamed when she saw what was behind them,’ look’ she said as she pointed, her whole body was shaking as she stood frozen to the ground, and then they all looked, and stood opened mouthed with fear etched on every ones faces, there was no horrible monster, no dead bodies, nothing horrific in anyway, which made it seem even more surreal, for the road that they travelled down in the wind and rain the night before wasn’t there anymore, in its place there was nothing but trees that appeared to go on for ever, no pathway, no dirt track, no lane that they travelled up on, just thick dense woodland.
     
    ‘That’s fucking impossible’ said Peter’ not really believing his eyes, looking around to see where the road had gone, as if he was expecting one just to appear from nowhere, there was nothing logical about this, his stomach tightened, the feeling of wanting to do something urging up inside of him, frustration and anger pent up, he needed someone to blame, or at least an answer.
    ‘What’s happening dad’ Lily shouted, in a voice that was full of panic and fear as her whole body shook, she was still frozen, still pointing to the trees to where there was once a road.
     
    Eileen just stood staring with her mouth wide open, not quite taking in what she was seeing, she kept opening and closing her eyes again, each time expecting the road to re-appear, she rubbed her eyes thinking that would make the road come back, but it never did, still there was only trees,
    ‘Where’s the road gone’ asked Nathan, who was now shaking, he eyes reverting to Lily, then the woods and then to his