by Neal | 11 Aug 2011 | Vacations
Last day in Devon and the weather wasn’t too cracking! We decided to have a drive up to Buckfast Abbey (http://www.buckfast.org.uk) and then call to a couple of smaller castles on the way back down to Greenway. However, when we got to Buckfast we were very impressed....
by Neal | 10 Aug 2011 | Vacations
Today was Greenway (http://tinyurl.com/ntgreenway) day!!! Even though we’d popped down a couple of times already (mainly for cream teas) we spent the entire day in the gardens and house. We went around the house first. This was superb as the rooms weren’t barred off...
by Neal | 9 Aug 2011 | Vacations
Today we decided, as the weather was glorious, to have a walk. We decided to follow roughly a South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty walk across from Greenway to Churston, and then back again through the close village of Galmpton. The scenery was stunning and...
by Neal | 8 Aug 2011 | Vacations
There are many firms doing various tours around the area, especially with the River Dart being so long and beautiful. We chose one which seemed to be firstly the most professional and secondly included the steam train and a river cruise. The journey started on the...
by Neal | 7 Aug 2011 | Vacations
Today we tootled up above Totnes to visit firstly a Butterfly and Otter Sanctuary (http://www.ottersandbutterflies.co.uk/). This was a very enjoyable visit. The butterflies come from various countries and are many were hatching from their chrysalis. Outside the otter...
by Neal | 6 Aug 2011 | Vacations
Decided to have a day in Torquay today. As well as a nice seaside resort there are many locations special to Agatha Christie or places which appeared in here books. We took in the Torquay museum (which had a special Agatha Christie section), Torre Abbey (a ruined...
