Well it's that time of the year again where Mr & Mrs Wolf and the cubs go on holiday and this year instead of going to Cornwall we have ventured down to Devon for a change.
Ok, ok, I know we haven't arrived here on two wheels but because I'm a generous guy I thought I'd share it with you all nevertheless. The car is almost lost in the enormity of the place. The longer length section of the building is split level and is an upside down property, i.e. bedrooms downstairs and lounge etc upstairs.
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The place we are staying at is a converted milking shed on a working farm and was converted to rented accommodation in 2003 by the current owners.
This might help you to pinpoint where we are.
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The property has some great features internally including an Aga cooker which I've never used before and Mrs Wolf doesn't normally let me cook at home in case I create a disaster but I had a go at cooking something yesterday and it's an impressive piece of equipment.
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The benefit of the upside down property is you have some stunning views of the countryside, although I haven't taken any yet immediately around the house.
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The dogs seem to like being able to look out over the fields through the French doors.
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We only arrived on Friday so we haven't been too far yet and weather has been a bit of a mixed bag but on the whole not too bad. We had a drive out to Hartland Point yesterday to see a lighthouse.
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Country life, where people can be trusted with honesty boxes and at the same time you can buy locally produced products, not sure it would work back home though!
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We also went to a place called Hartland Quay where we came across some sort of vintage type car, I'm no good at recognising cars so I've no idea what it is.
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I tried to take some moody shots of the Coast line, trouble was, it was so bright I couldn't see how the pictures had turned out in the cameras viewfinder so it was a bit hit and miss. This is the same view as the one, three below it I think.
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For comparison, a 'normal' shot of the same Coastline.
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I'd seen this field with hay rolls in it on the way to the Coast and ideally I should have stopped then as the lighting was better however I waited till I was returning and unfortunately it didn't appear as dramatic as it had earlier done.
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Nice Pad Steve.
Car is Austin Healey fyi (that's the one with 2 doors / 2 colours not the 4 door one by your new pad lol)
Pic's look good
Bit worried that you call your brace of gun dogs "cubs" !!!
Why would a homemade jam stall with honesty box not work in downtown Bradford ???
yours confused of south lincs fen :mfr_lol:
Charlie, I'm sure Asif will be along shortly to explain to you why an honesty box in Bradford wouldn't work! I take it you've never spent any quality time in Bradford?
Looks like the perfect place for some well deserved R & R,
Super property and great countryside too, I hope the weather is good whilst you are there :cool:
Hi Steve
Yep I know my life is incomplete as I've not experienced Downtown Bradford yet ....................but looking at Debs recent post of Head Bearing replacement Bradford Style (first detach headstock) should I let the train / plane take the strain when visiting ???
:mfr_lol:
Charlie
PS have a good holiday
Downtown Bradford? Its like going to a public lavatory
Quote from: Kwikasfuki on September 08, 2013, 02:33:12 PM
Downtown Bradford? Its like going to a public lavatory
:agree:
Quote from: Lonewolf on September 08, 2013, 10:28:24 AM
I take it you've never spent any quality time in Bradford?
Is there such a thing? :mfr_lol:
Looks nice Steve .... Very nice ... Bet the cubs love it, especially the pigeon killer.
The coastline is so dramatic.
Honesty box ? There are a couple close to us in Sunny Sussex on dog walking routes ... One for jam and the other for fresh eggs ... And the latter have that dark yellow middle with great taste ... Not quite what you get off the supermarket shelf ! Keep enjoying the hols, and of course more piccies !!! :laugh:
Right here's the second instalment, yesterday, (Sunday) we went to the donkey sanctuary at Sidmouth as we do every year. Today we went to Westward Ho, which was ok, a bit small and not much there but pleasant enough.
The weather was much better today thankfully and we managed a short stroll up and down the sea front.
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The apartments in the second photo started from £325k, you could buy a whole street in Bradford for half of that and still have change to go to the dog track and have a pie and pea supper. :mfr_lol:
Some geezer was trying to find his buried treasure on the beach.
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I saw this couple and I thought by eck, he knows how to show a woman a good time.
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Tracey insisted that we go to this Gnome reserve she'd seen advertised. :wacko: So off we went, please do not tell anyone or I'll lose my street cred!
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It looks fairly normal until you venture into the woods. There must be hundred's of the little buggers, they're everywhere even in the bloody trees.
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Be warned if you ever go to this place they try to insist that you wear a stupid gnome hat, not bloody likely thank you very much.
Excelle3nt Steve, my parents took us to Sidmouth every year for our annual holidays when I were a nipper, I remember the shingle beach
Great photos by the way, and the weather looks good........I'm saying nowt about the dwarf village :mfr_lol:
is that 2kwacks Dave climbing up the tree :whistling:
Quote from: stoketim on September 10, 2013, 10:00:22 AM
is that 2kwacks Dave climbing up the tree :whistling:
It's his older brother.....Dave's not quite that big. :whistling:
Quote from: stoketim on September 10, 2013, 10:00:22 AM
is that 2kwacks Dave climbing up the tree :whistling:
Quote from: Lonewolf on September 10, 2013, 11:05:26 AM
It's his older brother.....Dave's not quite that big. :whistling:
That's just plain cruel and deserves a :ban:
That Dwarf is nowhere near as short as Dave
By my basic calculations that dwarf is 1441 mm tall :whistling: :mfr_lol:
Yesterday, 10th September we went to Combaton Combat Collection at Chittlehampton to go see a private collection of WW11 (mostly) memorabilia.
It wasn't a bad collection, what was a tad concerning that you could actually purchase deactivated firearms. I was tempted to buy a Bren, they look pretty awesome and it would look good mounted on my flat garage roof!
Here's a small collection of some of the photos I took.
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They even had a glider which they said was the same as the one used in the film, A Bridge Too Far.
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How do you just come about buying something like this?
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Something on the two wheeled theme for Geoff & Roger. :popcorn:
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The guy had many trucks similar to the one below in the background in addition to a vast number of armoured vehicles.
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We didn't do much else yesterday, just chilled out, walking the dogs who are loving the place.
Today, the weather was much better so we went to Bude where by hook or by crook we managed to get a bite to eat consisting of chips, hot bacon baguette with salad, hot sausage baguette with caramelised onions, half pint of fresh pineapple juice and a cappuccino for less than £4, an absolute bargain. :whistling:
After a short walk we headed to my birthplace, a very small village just outside Wadebridge.
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Every few years I keep going back to see how things have changed, its a very quaint village with some lovely properties.
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A true Cornish Gent I am.
On the route back to the cottage we popped into the Jamaica Inn just off the A30.
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I tried to get our lass to pose in the Stocks but apparently that isn't nice or appropriate to do when you are away on a break for your anniversary. How the hell was I supposed to know that? I just thought it'd be funny. :mfr_lol:
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We then spent an enjoyable 20+ miles stuck behind firstly a bloody Police car & then a bloody HGV on the country lanes trying to get back home with no opportunity to overtake. :angry:
Nice piccies Steve ... perhaps you could get the Bren Gun back to your nick and "talk" to your Guvvna about that overtime !
St Tudy ? Named after a monk I believe ...... looks a gorgeous place to live although I imagine it might be a bit pricey ! :laugh: :laugh:
Good stuff Steve, is that nold bike an early Villiers, I'm not sure maybe my learned buddy will enlighten me
Its all become crystal clear now that you've admitted to being a Cornishman not a Yorkshireman :mfr_lol:
Good to see that you're having a good time :clap:
We have just spent about two hours driving around Exmoor it was thick of fog but still good fun but no photos today. Tomorrow were coming home back to wonderful Bradford. :undecided:
Oh dear ... I don't like sad endings ! :no: :no:
Cornwall / Yorkshire ....... both well known for being tight arses. How tight could a Cornish Yorkshire man possibly be??? Might have a little Scottish blood too! :whistling:
Ya cheeky bugger .....we Yorkshire folk aren't tight at all....frugal maybe...but not tight....next thing you'll be telling me is that scousers are funny :mfr_lol:
Haha nice one olde ........ I'm no scouser though, just bringing a little bit of sophistication to the north, a bit like the crusades of old hehe
From Plymouth originally with a good bit of Scottish blood from my Mum too, so not far from being a Cornish Scottish tight arse either!
Go to Lynton/Lynmouth and ride the cliff railway.
If you like olde-worlde stuff Dunster in Somerset has a nice old castle and is quaint.