We arrived in Devon on Hil's birthday and spent the evening celebrating over dinner with good friends. The weather was extremely warm and continued that way for the next day or so. The sunshine really brought the lavender into bloom in our courtyard garden.
By the time we came to leave many of the flowers had died and needed dead-heading.
We paid over first visit to the Woolsery Show, our local agricultural show. The setting at Clovelly Court was beautiful with the coast providing a magnificent backdrop to the exhibits. We bumped into a number of people we know from the village and it was good to share in this important event in the local calendar.
We completed a number of small jobs around The Granary including re-fitting the wooden sign on the cottage which had become damaged by damp and had been renovated by a good friend in Stourbridge.
We still managed to achieve a good walk each day whilst dodging the rain showers towards the end of our stay. We particularly enjoy walking at Northam Burrows. From the far end of the Burrows you look across the Taw and Torridge estuary towards Saunton.
From further back you can look across the The Skern towards Appledore.
We also enjoyed a lovely walk at Instow with friends and their dog Louie who Pebbles ignored the whole time.
One of our final jobs before leaving was to go and collect a further dozen eggs from Vicki and Kevin at Parkham Ash to keep us going until we return next month.
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