Robyn writes: A very laid back start to the day today, especially after we woke up to find it grey, drizzly, cloudy and cold! There was a whole heap of not wanting to go out going on, especially after yesterday's exertions in the cold and damp of Dartmoor. We happily spent the morning writing blogs, postcards, sorting photos etc. Mandi, our lovely landlady popped in to bring us some tokens for the washing machine and drier, so I was able to put on a big load as we were starting to run out of clean clothes, especially with the weather staying cool. We have been promised a heat wave for the end of the month and I am hanging out for it - temperatures of up to 90 degrees F (that's an amazing 32 degrees C - they'll all be expiring if we get that hot!) I say bring it on!
We were expecting our visitors, Glen Wilson and his cousin Carol, around lunchtime, and they rolled up (after some of the usual hassle in finding a park in this locality!) around 12ish. After a cuppa, we headed down the steps in front to the town centre and went to the Weatherspoons pub there for lunch. These are a chain of pubs/restaurants which have amazingly cheap meal deals - today was curry day, and we all got a curry, pappadoms, naan, mango chutney and rice, plus a drink for 6 pounds each (around $11) - amazing value! Much later after a huge lunch we waddled out and decided to explore a bit of the area, so we jumped on a bus and headed around the bay to Brixham. This is a fishing port opposite us across the bay, so it was interesting to go around in the top of a double decker bus to see it. The weather was finally beginning to clear up a bit, which was a relief, and although it was windy, it wasn't really cold.
We saw the replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship "The Golden Hind" in the harbor there, but as it was closed, we couldn't go on board, so we had an icecream and walked around the bay. William of Orange is also a local celebrity as he landed his army on the dock at Brixham when he came to depose James II, so there was a huge statue of him and every second thing around town seemed to be named after him! When we'd finished looking around the harbor, we took the bus back again and went to the local Tesco in search of something for tea (ended up with soup and French toast - no one was particularly hungry after our massive lunch). We sat out on the deck and enjoyed a drink in the late afternoon light, glad that the rain had gone - for now! Tomorrow we are off to Greenway House, Agatha Christie's home, in a vintage bus, so I'm really looking forward to that :)
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