Glorious Devon at Easter

It's when travelling around on a spare weekend that you remember there are plenty of places here that are as marvellous as anything that can be found travelling round the world for months. Devon is a regular weekend trip, as Lou's mum lives there and she was brought up in Totnes (properly). But sometimes we forget just how good it is. We seem to be be blessed with good weather on most of the trips there, which certainly helps. Here are some pictures from around Totnes this Easter.

Dartington Hall and Gardens is a nice walk from Totnes along the river Dart. On the way you might see a train going by on the Dart Valley steam railway. This weekend there were plenty of them.

This Easter, the gardens were in blossom. One day, our own garden might look this good, but it'll be a while yet.

The other way, down the river, we caught the sun outside the Inn at Dittisham, where some old rockers were spoiling the tranquillity of the Dart estuary with some noisy 60s covers.





Local Totnesian at station, circa 1950.

Well, back to Bristol now to work on the new house. Lou's Dad's dog is snoring downstairs so it must be time for bed. By way of a contrast, here is a car that someone set fire to in our back alley a few doors down last week - a bit different to the country living we have just been experiencing in Devonshire. More pictures from the new place later.