On the way home from West Country weekend, we stopped in at Ilfracombe – which until then I’d only heard of in passing as a seaside pit-stop on an oldie road trip. It’s a pretty, typically Victorian seaside town with painted buildings and doors. We didn’t have time to properly explore or do it justice […]
Tag: West Country
Lynmouth
The last stop on our West Country adventure (before we started the long slog along a single lane towards the M5…) was Lynmouth. We parked up at Lynton at the top of the cliffs, and then rode the funicular railway to the bottom.
Instow and Westward Ho!
I’m so excited that Poldark’s back. As if I didn’t need yet another historical drama to obsess over. It drives Sunny mad; especially when I start spewing out random historical facts while we’re watching (I’m the WORST – but can’t seem to help myself). Anyway, the weekend that Poldark came back, we just happened to be […]
Wet West Country Wedding
You can’t control the weather, even in summer. And on those days when you desperately want it to be on your side, it usually has other plans! A couple of weekends ago we drove down to Devon to celebrate the wedding of a very good friend from our University days, at Yeoldon House near Bideford. We […]