Fireworks & Family

This week is Salcombe Regatta week and there has been a full programme of activities. We have both been busy working so not a lot of time to take part or get involved. Rowing was cancelled due to the Regatta and Julie took the opportunity to put her feet up for the evening.

The Fireworks display was planned for Thursday and, as noted last week, Pete was keen to take some pictures. We ended up at the Kings Arms for a drink with friends Sarah and Bill and watched the fireworks from the Whitestrands car park. From there it wasn't ideal for taking photographs and Pete had to take them hand held and without anything to help keep the camera still. However, the results weren't too bad and the photo attached is one of the better examples of them.

Following the fireworks we made our way home and sat in anticipation of the arrival of Pete's brothers and their wives. They arrived just before midnight , having had a reasonably good run up from Essex. It was great to see them and it was the first time they had come down to Salcombe.

On Friday we did the grand tour of Salcombe stopping en-route for a drink and something to eat at the Victoria Inn. The beer garden is a great asset and a space you don't expect in such a tightly-packed town. The chickens in the picture having a dirt bath are kept by Liz at the Vic.

The walk through Salcombe and around Cliff Road is one we do often, but it is surprising how different it can be and on this day there were loads of butterflies on the shrubs and bushes. The tide was in at North Sands, so we walked up the lane (Beadon Road) to get home without stopping for a drink at the Winking Prawn.

We had a lovely meal at Boswains that evening and the next day we all went to Tor Cross for a trip out. Not a spectacular timetable, but it gave us time to spend together and catch up, which was what we really wanted from the weekend.