It was decided that today would be our day for Dartmouth and after reading a booklet on the area we found that there was a two hour boat trip in the afternoon which went along the coast to Slapton Sands and included in the cost was a cream tea. We spent the morning wandering around the Dartmouth shops as Jo and Paul wanted to buy hats and we saw the terrible damage from the fires just the other day ...
I was amazed that it hadn't spread to this beautiful building which was so close by ...
After a picnic lunch in the shade of the gardens we hurried to the boat ready for the trip which began at two o'clock. We moved off from the quay ...
and settled down in the shade at the stern ...
The ferry was just arriving on the Dartmouth side of the river ...
and then we reached the castle ...
A lovely little gaffer was out for a sail ...
and the boys settled down under a bench in the shade - it was so hot!
We were the nearest to the food and so we had our cream tea before the rest of the passengers - it was yummy!
Then we listened to a recording all about the D Day landings and Operation Tiger. It was fascinating stuff. The new hats came in handy ...
Slapton Sands and our campsite is up on the hill somewhere!
Everyone else came back to collect their cream teas which was a difficult operation as there was a bit of a swell and then we turned around and headed back to Dartmouth ...
Past the castle again ...
The yacht club ...
and then we moored back at the quay ...
This was our boat the Fairmile ...
and once we were all off her then people were climbing aboard for their return trip to Brixham where the boat is based. It was then a short walk back to the car via the bandstand ...
and home to the campsite. A brilliant day which ended with a lovely meal at the Queens Arms in Slapton and a walk around the village. I spotted another thatched cottage with the 'signature' owl ...
and as I said before - it's not really vehicle friendly!
Back to the site for our last night on this pitch as tomorrow we have to move on to a grass one ...
I was amazed that it hadn't spread to this beautiful building which was so close by ...
After a picnic lunch in the shade of the gardens we hurried to the boat ready for the trip which began at two o'clock. We moved off from the quay ...
and settled down in the shade at the stern ...
The ferry was just arriving on the Dartmouth side of the river ...
and then we reached the castle ...
A lovely little gaffer was out for a sail ...
and the boys settled down under a bench in the shade - it was so hot!
We were the nearest to the food and so we had our cream tea before the rest of the passengers - it was yummy!
Then we listened to a recording all about the D Day landings and Operation Tiger. It was fascinating stuff. The new hats came in handy ...
Slapton Sands and our campsite is up on the hill somewhere!
Everyone else came back to collect their cream teas which was a difficult operation as there was a bit of a swell and then we turned around and headed back to Dartmouth ...
Past the castle again ...
The yacht club ...
and then we moored back at the quay ...
This was our boat the Fairmile ...
and once we were all off her then people were climbing aboard for their return trip to Brixham where the boat is based. It was then a short walk back to the car via the bandstand ...
and home to the campsite. A brilliant day which ended with a lovely meal at the Queens Arms in Slapton and a walk around the village. I spotted another thatched cottage with the 'signature' owl ...
and as I said before - it's not really vehicle friendly!
Back to the site for our last night on this pitch as tomorrow we have to move on to a grass one ...
3 comments:
Looks like you had a beautiful day, what great weather you're having!
I'm enjoying following your holiday with your blog and Jo's. It's just like being with you.
Enjoy.
Great blog and unique content.
- St Austell
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