There and Back

The home we booked for this holiday was larger than we needed, but the photos and reviews swayed our decision - we were not dissapointed! It was brilliant, possible one of the best we have stayed in. A couple of images of Tidewood, our holiday home A view from the balcony  - just fancy looking at that all the time! A slightly zoomed image showing the Old Smithy, the lovely thatched inn which was our nearest neighbour, with the sea behind it. On the wall of the local, the Old Smithy, was this Victorian post box. Not too many of those about now. So now that we are here, where shall we go today? - Bude! Like most of these places, we had visited here before, but we hadn`t walked along the beach in the direction we did today. It was interesting, as the rock formations on the beach and the cliffs behind, give another dimention to the normal Bude image of loads of sunbathers and surfers. There were however a lot of surfers today as there was a competion on, but fewer people sunbathing. T...

Today we decided to walk along the coastal path and just soak up the glorious day. This looked like a lovely long beach with the prospect of a walk along a short part of the Coastal path. We were not disappointed as, on a glorious day, we arrived at Sandymouth. As you can see, there were very few people about, apart from the odd couple walking along the Coastal path like us, toward Northcott Mouth.  A walk back along the beach was planned but was abandoned when, on composing this picture, we were surprised by a fast incoming tide and ended up with very wet feet. It was funny though!  The reason we were taking picture of this particular rock formation was the apparent presence of `coral` formations on it? Anyway, back up onto the cliffs and trying to dry out the feet on the way back.  This little creature posed for a few moments.  A cup of coffee and a sandwich of crab (a bit disappointing), and we made our way t...