We got back from our weekend away this afternoon and we had such a lovely time.
The cottage was nice, small but clean and cosy and very, very peaceful. (Except for friday night when we thought the roof was coming off in the wind!!)

Rools, we went down to Beer and it was gorgeous, we sat and ate pasties for lunch listening to the waves on the pebbly beach. We also went to the donkey sanctuary at Sidmouth which was good but a little sad to see all the unwanted and previously neglected donkeys they care for there. I love donkeys but they always seem so sad.

We had a lovely meal in a little local hotel (that used to be the schoolhouse in the village) on the saturday night and since it was only us and one other couple who were staying at the hotel we had a lovely chat with the owners who told us some rather eye opening things about the goings on of the locals!! They even gave us a couple of bottles of local ale to take away with us for nothing.

Yesterday we went to Dartmoor and went for a nice (but a bit strenuous in places) walk. Then we just drove around through loads of little villages and towns and had fish and chips after a walk along the beach in Teignmouth.

Today we went up to Bristol on our way home and went to the zoo!!!

It was lovely to get away but I'm looking forward to my own bed tonight. There's no bed quite as comfy as your own (I have been having some very very odd dreams the last few nights and so ahven't really felt as rested as I would have liked.

Anyway we had a fab time and its just a shame it was only for a weekend.

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Isla

Tied the knot at last!!
19th November 2005