Not so Glorious Devon!

Just returned to the Midlands after spending the last 2 weeks in Parkham where we experienced a variety of weather from very heavy rain (luckily overnight) to sunny spells, drizzle and cloud.
It has been a poor August for holidaymakers compared with the sunny weather we had earlier in the year.

One of our first trips was a drive out to visit the bonfire at Torrington before it was set alight on the Saturday of Bank Holiday weekend -  over recent months we have enjoyed seeing Trumpton develop and it seems a shame for it to go up in smoke.  However, hopefully a large sum was raised for charity by the Torrington Cavaliers.

Although the weather was mixed we stayed dry on all our walks and managed our '10,000 paces' almost every day.  Walking around the village during the last week in August a number of strange characters started to appear, scarecrows for the competition being held as part of the Village Fete on Bank Holiday Monday, our favourite was the wolf peering out of the pub at the three little pigs!

There was a baking and garden produce competition and Hil decided that the temptation to compete could not be resisted with a potential of 30p for winning a category (offset by the 10p entrance fee).  Her apricot cake looked good although our son said that the apricots around the edge could be mistaken for slices of boiled potato!  Perhaps that is why it was unplaced!

There was however almost a Bake Off disaster on the morning of the fete.  First batch of scones looked too big, second batch too uneven and the third even more uneven!  With seconds to the deadline Hil delivered the first batch to the Village Hall and was surprised and delighted to find in the afternoon that she had won second prize -  20p!

We have really enjoyed spending all but a week of August in the village spending time with the many friends we have made over the past 18 months.