This years Epic Summer trip

[Sharon the Cat]

My parents lived a couple of miles outside Salcombe, in Malborough, for years. It is a beautiful area, and they could tell you about the lunches in every pub in the South Hams.
I have so many happy memories, most including wall to wall sunshine.

 

[barryd]

After a hectic morning getting to Plymouth to get the bike serviced at 9am then just over 100 miles to Woolacombe including a dodgy leaking LPG pump and a council white van man shattering my wing mirror indicator we arrived at Woolacombe an hour or so ago. The final chapter in this years epic tour (or is it?)

No photos yet as the sunny weather forecast is not sunny! Well that and I haven't left the van yet.

 

[barryd]

Our first full day in North Devon then. Mortehoe / Woolacombe. Sadly the sunshine we were promised was mainly light cloud with a little bit of sun until much later when it did make a proper appearance followed by a cracking sunset over the village (Mortehoe). Visit to the pub just to take some sunset pictures of course.

Nice rake round the cliffs and dunes and down on the beach before a late lunch near Ilfracombe. I have a hatey stalker on one forum who doesn't believe there are cliffs here so I made a little video.

Forecast is very good for the next week or so. Surf was a bit naff today but I am hoping to go Body boarding on Monday morning when the waves are supposed to improve.

A Few pics. Oh and good positioning of the lifebuoy in Ilfracombe Harbour!