Whilst overall the weather had not improved much since our last visit we did have one lovely sunny day for walking and on most other days managed to find a dry couple of hours to take Pebbles on the beach.
We brought down with us a print of 'North Devon' (literally) which was a Christmas gift and it looks great next to the Ordnance Survey map which is centred on The Granary.
Several of our friends celebrate birthdays over the New Year period so there were opportunities to meet up with them in The Bell. Close friends from Stourbridge arrived on the 30th and were able to join in the celebrations.
We saw New Year in at The Granary and then went for a walk on Instow beach on New Year's Day morning. The beach was full of dog walkers as it is the only beach with sand remaining at high tide, which was mid-morning . A great opportunity for Pebbles to do some socialising.
The walk was followed by a further visit to The Bell for the traditional New Year's Day brunch which we have enjoyed for the last few years, followed by a quiet afternoon in the cottage when our friends returned to the Midlands.
Unfortunately Pebbles seems to have picked up a sickness bug so we returned early on 3rd January and luckily had a good journey home despite the torrential rain which seemed to follow us up the M5, apparently it was a lovely day in Parkham once the storm had passed!
There are a number of jobs still to be done on The Granary, and now Christmas and New Year celebrations are over, on future visits we will be spending more of our time on these including, replacing trellis which has blown down in recent high winds and sorting out the bedrooms with possibly electric underfloor heating to prevent condensation.
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