Collacott Farm CL, Bideford, Devon

Monday 28th September 2020

    We set off from Stourhead and had reasonably good journey.  The only bad part was when we came off the A30 onto a small road to get to the CL.  Refuse lorries were bombing up and down the road to get to a landfill site further down the road.  Being higher up, the drivers could probably see over the hedges to see other lorries but not cars.

    Once on the site and set up, it was time to relax.  There were alpacas on the farm and while we were here I got busy 'chuffing' and made the CL owner a picture felted with a view from our caravan window complete with alpacas.

Cheese n biscuits anyone?

    Although out of lockdown, we tended to stay away from crowds but did have time for a cuppa outside a café in Appledore.  The last time we stayed here was back in 2010 where there was a CL on the coast just outside the town.  It was lovely with smashing sea views.  Sadly, it closed because part of it fell into the sea taking the coastal path with it.

Mike hasn't got the hang of taking selfies

    We carried onto Northam Burrows where we parked the car and took a walk onto the beach - it starts at the mouth of the estuary to Appledore and ends at Westward Ho! 2 miles away.  There was hardly anyone there.

Alleyway in Appledore

View from Northam towards where the old CL was

Fantastic views

Almost a mirror image

Dramatic sky, it looks I'm trying to hold back the storm

Stourhead Gardens CL

 Friday 25th Sept 2010

    We arranged this trip with Carol and John to see the changing colours of the trees and of course to have a really good time! 

    Unfortunately we were a little too early for the change of colours but we certainly have a brilliant time with our very good friends. 

    With lock down and everything being restricted we all certainly needed it! 

Carol being caught finishing the custard!

 Saturday

   The Stourhead site is brilliant.  It's easily accessible, hard standing, away from the visitors and entry to the gardens (and maybe house) with the price of our stay. 

    We walked the gardens slowly and overall it was just over 3 miles so we thought we'd done really well! Carol is the most fittest of us all now but we kept her going 😉. John had also brought his mobility scooter so that helped. 

    We get on so well and we had such a laugh. 

Sunday 

    We went to Nunney Castle and look around the village. The castle is brilliant, small but quite impressive and surrounded by a moat! It is an English Heritage site but is free to get in. The ruins go up 4 storeys so you can imagine what it may have been like.

 

    There is only one café in the village and with social distancing there wasn't room for us so we went to the pub for a cuppa. That was good too. We sat outside by the river and the sun warmed us. I would like to explore more next time but we'd decided to go to Warminster for a little bit of shopping and diesel. 

    Back home and a cuppa outside and a little snoozette 😊. 

Monday

    We set off for Bideford for the next part of our hols. Unfortunately, C&J had to go home. 

Let's see what Bideford has to offer.