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Postby Kaz » 24 Aug 2013, 07:55

Hellooooo :D :D

We drove back late last night instead of first thing today - the Dawlish Air Show is on and the roads would have been shocking I reckon ;)

Well the weather was very kind to us, just the odd shower on Sunday but otherwise sunny and gorgeous. The cottage was fab, really old (Tudor) with tons of history. Called Lobster Cottage, there was a challenge set in the visitors' book to find all 16 lobsters dotted about the place. There were lobster ornaments, stencils on the wall, fridge magnets, etc - I got to 15 and the last one was driving me mad, but I finally spotted the tiny plastic lobster hiding in the spider plant high up on the kitchen wall :o :lol: Everyone banged their heads on the beams except me - there are advantages in being the shortest LOL :P

We walked a fair bit every day, the pedometer app on B's phone counted just over 40 miles for the week so roughly 5 miles a day :D Good job really as we stuffed ourselves silly :lol:

We took the Bay Boat trip on Monday from the River Beach in Teignmouth round Babbacombe Bay - that was fabulous, we all thought that was the highlight of the week :) Tuesday we went to Becky Falls again up on Dartmoor, Wednesday we tried the coastal path to Dawlish - wow that was tricky, very hilly but fab views - then got the train back to Teignmouth for lunch at the little café by the beach, and then a cuppa with Dools :) Thursday was a long beach day - I played tennis and cricket with H, it wasn't windy enough for the kite. Friday we just hung out in Teignmouth, shopped a bit, had lunch, had another long walk along the front..........We adored Teignmouth, can you tell :lol: :lol: :lol:

Was a shame Di and I couldn't manage the mini-meet but it would have been an awkward drive for one of us as we were on opposite sides of the Exe estuary and Di only had three full days really.......Maybe next time :D Was nice to meet up with Dools for a cuppa though :)

Was a terrific holiday, and maybe the last all together as next year B will be at uni so it was special :D :D

Nice to be home though 8-)
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Postby Diflower » 24 Aug 2013, 08:06

Sounds fab Kaz, glad you all enjoyed it :D xx
It was a shame, but it would have meant a full day, and we didn't have enough of them! There were too many places nearer for us to explore, we kept saying oh, we haven't been there... :D
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Postby Workingman » 24 Aug 2013, 08:10

Welcome home hun.

Good to hear you all had a great time and got some miles in...... 8-) and you had your own STD (sort of) to do. :lol:

I reckon the night drive back was very wise, not only to avoid the air show but also the BH weekend traffic.
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Postby tonicha » 24 Aug 2013, 08:13

Welcome back :D

Sounds a lovely time was had by all xx

How lovely to meet Dools :D Hope she and hub are doing well.
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Postby pollR78 » 24 Aug 2013, 08:43

welcome back Kaz, sounds like you had a fab time :D :D

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Postby Kaz » 24 Aug 2013, 08:49

Di, I know exactly what you mean :D We packed loads in but could have easily filled another week 8-) ;)

Frank it was driving me bananas until I spotted that last little blighter :-P ;)

Ton, Dools seems very well and very happy - it was lovely to meet her after knowing her online for the best part of a decade :shock: :D

Poll we really did, thanks hun :D xx
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Postby victor » 24 Aug 2013, 08:55

that is a beautiful part of the country,Kaz
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Postby Ally » 24 Aug 2013, 09:59

Nice to have you back Kaz and very happy you had a smashing holiday. :D :D
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Postby Lozzles » 24 Aug 2013, 12:13

Welcome back old chum :D I only broke one mug while you were away, but I have eaten all the biscuits in the staff room :-P
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Postby Osc » 24 Aug 2013, 13:26

Welcome back Kaz, sounds like you had a great time, and I'm delighted you met up with the lovely Doodles.
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