Changing Sunset

What a difference an hour makes. These pictures were taken about an hour apart and the difference is, as you'll agree, staggering.

As I've said before we get some great sunsets and this one was one of the best.

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Salcombe Regatta

The opening day of the Salcombe Town Regatta was to be marked with a "display" from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at 17:00 on the 14th August.

Unfortunately the Lancaster developed a fault earlier in the day and couldn't make the event, however, we were treated to a display by a Spitfire and a Hurricane - all too fleeting though.

Attached are Pete's better efforts from

the day taken from the fuel barge in the centre of Salcombe's estuary.

Attached are Pete's better efforts from the day - alas nowhere near as good as his Red Arrow shots...

Salcombe Yacht Club Regatta Week

Blog entry to be updated and expanded soon...

Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week

Blog entry to be expanded and updated soon...

Last weekend off...

This is the last weekend that Pete will have off until we go off on our holiday to Turkey in September. The job on the fuel barge will become full-time next week and today is our last chance to go out on a weekend.

Julie is still rowing and is more serious about it than ever, so much so that she rows three times a week when she can and when she can't row she goes to the gym. It seems to be working as her

fitness is improving and clothes are a

little more "comfortable". She is keen, but still has no real ambition to race.

While she rows Pete will take a walk through the town and have a coffee and a doughnut until she finishes. He usually has a camera and was interested to see the pansies growing out of the cracks in the pavement and the poppies growing from the kerb. If there is somewhere for a seed to germinate down here it will and the site is

spectacular.

In the afternoon we went off to Otters garden centre followed by a walk down at Avon Mill. It was really quiet and peaceful amongst the trees and the canopy was really dense. It's a lovely spot to walk, but due to the light conditions hard to take photographs - Pete tried...

In the evening a couple of friends came

round for an Indian takeaway, which

was really nice (food and the company).

Another Sunset

Facing due North, as our house does and being on the side of a hill we see very little direct sunlight during the winter. In the summer though the sunsets can be stunning looking across the fields to Malborough. Tonight's was no exception - not expansive (taking up the whole sky), but certainly colourful.

We make no excuses for the number of sunsets we have and will post, but Pete always has a ready camera and endless opportunities - he really must get out more with his cameras!

PS - Pete has finished the decorating...