We have returned!  After a nice break, I am glad to be home with a good shower and mattress!  We had a lovely time despite the variable weather (we did get 2 nice days) and did lots of inexpensive activities such as fossil hunting, crabbing, visiting the aquarium, having the odd ice-cream or cream tea, paddling….etc.  We also visited the beautiful Bicton Park Botanical Gardens.

The accommodation was….Interesting.  I felt that the website perhaps could have been a little more honest about a few points.  The studio does not overlook the sea, but the cottage that the owners live in.  We were asked not to use too much electricity because it is solar power backed up by a generator. I therefore didn’t feel I could really use my hairdryer all week.  The shower was not good and I have ended up with a bad back from the mattress.  Also, they failed to mention the 15 minute off-road drive down a cliff to access the place and the fact that the ‘access to private beach’ meant walking down a very hairy steep pathway (often having to hold onto ropes) culminating in climbing down a ladder to get to it!  Other than that, the chalet itself was very clean and comfortable. It had everything we needed once we were in.

The holiday in pictures……..

The studio

On the beach whilst the sun was out!

The Beer Heights Light Railway

Waiting for crabs to swim by

Luckily this was a practice!

Feeding fish at the aquarium! A very funny feeling

Hello!

Bicton Park

relaxing

There is a man who actually makes a living by balancing these stones on top of each other!?

…And then we decided to come home!