We eventually arrived on 4th January in time to wish many of our friends a Happy New Year.
On Saturday there was a New Year Tea Party in the Village Hall for all the parishioners. As we have come to expect in Parkham, there were huge quantities of cake to be consumed and a good attempt was made by those attending.
The Christmas Trees from the pre-Christmas Festival were still up in the church on 6th January, which was Epiphany Sunday but they would be coming down the next day.
After a busy time over Christmas and New Year in the Midlands it was good to be able to relax both in The Granary and on some lovely country and coastal walks.
We have several routes we take around the village and surrounding lanes, one which is around 2 miles takes us past Bocombe Mill. As we approach Bocombe there are some lovely views across the valley and we were lucky to see a hare crossing the fields, causing sheep to disperse as it ran through the herd.
We also walked on the sand at the Taw/Torridge estuary and whilst the weather was sunny there was a very cold wind, hence the warm coat and brisk walking.
As we set off back to the Midlands we were diverted off the North Devon Link Road at Westleigh (we found out later that there had sadly been a fatal accident). Traffic was being diverted through Instow and Fremington but, having been caught in a similar situation a couple of years ago we decided to take the route through Eastleigh along the Old Barnstaple Rd. It was a very wise decision as apparently, the signed diversion was grid-locked whereas we had a relatively easy journey and reached Barnstaple and then home only a few minutes behind our usual schedule.
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