We made a trip down to beautiful Devon county to visit Grahams Aunt and Uncle. Devon is in the south west of England and contrary to popular belief- is not a shire.
Graham was born in Devon and so we had to take a look around.
On the way through we went past Bath and suddenly Stone Henge loomed out of nowhere! You can see from the photo, that you can't get very close to the stones. So much for visions of romping around and pretending to be a druid. So we decided to forgo the entrance fee and take a photo as we zoomed by. Not too bad for a drive by shooting...
There seemed to be a huge circle that was fenced off, and everyone was tromping around ten metres or so from the actual site.
Devon is home to the most beautiful cottages with thatched roofs and stone fences. Grahams relations live in a lovely little village with narrow lanes and full of cottages. The house that they live in is 400 years old and they have retained one of the rooms with the original ceiling- it is too short for me!
One of the houses in the village
This house is so old it is actually mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086! (The book was commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the amount of settlements/resources owned by England. To see how much tax he could raise... cheeky)
Patchwork fields framed with old stone fences
The Devon coast
Wuthering heights style.
The hilarious sea taxi, that takes you back from one of the islands, when the tide is in
Choose a descriptive word, quaint/picturesque/gorgeous
During our stay, we were lucky enough to be taken over to Cornwall for a day trip. Cornwall being famous for pasties and clotted cream. We did try a pasty- it was yuck, but the clotted cream was something else. It is like a whipped butter/cream thing that you have on ice cream and scones. A bit unusual on ice cream, but they have it on everything here- from porridge to green beans! I wonder what the heart attack rate is????
We walked through a big park, and there were lots of follies dotted around
Fosse in a folly! Ha-ha dancer joke.
The Cornish coast
I don't know how well you can tell from the photo- but the entrance way is miniature, there must be a step inside.
Very cute Cornish town, where the old marker between Devon and Cornwall is.
Dreamy sunset in Devon
Murray and Graham enjoyed the trip
Devon lanes- frighteningly narrow, with steep grassy banks up the side, we were so lucky not to come upon anyone in our huge van.
Action shot at night! This reminds me of sleepy hollow, and the headless horseman.
Melaina and Graham xoxox
