Spent the Xmas holidays in a cottage in the Devon countryside with our friends, Wes and Mon. It was a lovely secluded location near the south coast - a short walk to Blackpool Sands and Stoke Fleming, or a brief drive to Dartmouth.
The cottage was formerly owned by Christopher Robin (A. A. Milne's son, featured as a character in Winnie the Pooh), and had a large wooded backyard that is kept as a natural reserve. It was wonderfully quiet, pitch black at night, and a great place to recharge one's batteries away from the hubbub of the big smoke...
View of the cottage from outside.
A fine collection of thatched houses near the beach.
The surrounding countryside, as seen from the crest of the valley in which we lay.
Lots of good countryside walks about, yielding this view of cows seen against the sea. A familiar sight for kiwis, though the vegetation is more scratchy and scraggly by comparison.
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The famous 'winter beard' in full bloom!
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