A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

It's time to visit Fred and Harry's "Grandma J" down in Spreyton, near Okehampton in Devon. It's a bit of a late start so we break the journey up with a stop at a becoming-something-of-a-tradition Premier Inn, this time just outside Taunton (we don't get here until gone 11:30pm and it would be another hour to Spreyton). We get to our final destination just in time for the coming of the "Great Wind" of 2013, which actually turns out to be not much of the sort, although it does provide a lot of stuff for Grandma J to fret about. Whilst there, there's a chance to have a couple of beers at the Tom Cobley pub, visit Plymouth's National Aquarium and for the boys to generally hang out with their grandmother for a while.

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It's midnight as the gang gets ready for bed, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

It's midnight as the gang gets ready for bed

Isobel shows Harry the way to bed, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel shows Harry the way to bed

Fred and Harry run off down the corridor, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred and Harry run off down the corridor

Isobel gives Harry a lift to breakfast, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel gives Harry a lift to breakfast

Harry stuffs his face with cereal, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry stuffs his face with cereal

Harry pokes a finger in his ear, as he is wont to do, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry pokes a finger in his ear, as he is wont to do

Isobel has a coffee, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel has a coffee

Harry in his Skellington suit, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry in his Skellington suit

Harry climbs the stairs, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry climbs the stairs

It's morning, and the boys roam around, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

It's morning, and the boys roam around

The boys watch telly, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

The boys watch telly

The boys open the door to reception, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

The boys open the door to reception

In Spreyton, there's a war raging over 'dog po', A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

In Spreyton, there's a war raging over 'dog po'

Mother and the gang do Saturday lunch, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Mother and the gang do Saturday lunch

Harry gets Isobel to blow on a hot potato, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry gets Isobel to blow on a hot potato

Mother potters around in the kitchen, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Mother potters around in the kitchen

Fred shows off a Lego creation, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred shows off a Lego creation

Fred builds Lego in the hall, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred builds Lego in the hall

Isobel in the Tom Cobley, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel in the Tom Cobley

Isobel waits for more beer, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel waits for more beer

A Galilean thermometer, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A Galilean thermometer

One of Fred's Lego dudes, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

One of Fred's Lego dudes

Fishy stained glass, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fishy stained glass

In Grandma J's lounge, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

In Grandma J's lounge

The view from Mother's garden, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

The view from Mother's garden

Fred and Grandma J outside the aquarium, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred and Grandma J outside the aquarium

Fred and Gabes look in to a rock pool, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred and Gabes look in to a rock pool

Funky flat fish floundering, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Funky flat fish floundering

Anemones wave their tentacles around, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Anemones wave their tentacles around

An octopus squirms around, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

An octopus squirms around

More swimming fish, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

More swimming fish

Another spotty flatfish, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Another spotty flatfish

A delicate jellyfish floats about, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A delicate jellyfish floats about

Yellow fish tails, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Yellow fish tails

A Clownfish in anemones, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A Clownfish in anemones

Stripey spiky fish, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Stripey spiky fish

A spotty Moray Eel - Grumpy Fish, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A spotty Moray Eel - Grumpy Fish

Another very spotty fish, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Another very spotty fish

Isobel in the gift shop, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel in the gift shop

Isobel and Mother in the shop, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel and Mother in the shop

Fred and Grandma, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred and Grandma

Outside the National Aquarium in Plymouth, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Outside the National Aquarium in Plymouth

Sutton harbour, Barbican, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Sutton harbour, Barbican

Pleasure cruisers have replaced fishing boats, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Pleasure cruisers have replaced fishing boats

Grandma J and Isobel scope the menu in The Ship, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Grandma J and Isobel scope the menu in The Ship

Mother and Fred in The Ship Inn, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Mother and Fred in The Ship Inn

What used to be the Barbican Wine Lodge, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

What used to be the Barbican Wine Lodge

Barbican back street and bins, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Barbican back street and bins

A pair of folorn-looking K6 phone boxes, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A pair of folorn-looking K6 phone boxes

Wet cobbles on the Barbican, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Wet cobbles on the Barbican

Mother, Isobel and Fred on the Barbican, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Mother, Isobel and Fred on the Barbican

Time for ice-cream, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Time for ice-cream

Fred steps up for ice cream, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred steps up for ice cream

Isobel gets a coffee, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Isobel gets a coffee

A cliché photo of 'Smeaton's Willy', A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A cliché photo of 'Smeaton's Willy'

A graffiti'd shelter on Plymouth Hoe, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A graffiti'd shelter on Plymouth Hoe

The stripey but derelict-looking Tinside Lido, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

The stripey but derelict-looking Tinside Lido

Tinside Lido, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Tinside Lido

Harry eats fish fingers, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry eats fish fingers

Nosher's 1989 pic of the old Harrow Vineyard, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Nosher's 1989 pic of the old Harrow Vineyard

A sheep, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A sheep

A faint rainbow, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A faint rainbow

A rainbow over Spreyton, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A rainbow over Spreyton

Harry looks shifty, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry looks shifty

Fred does some drawing, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred does some drawing

Fred draws on the dining-room table, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred draws on the dining-room table

Sheep through a rainy window, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Sheep through a rainy window

Fred stumps down an autumn-ey path, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred stumps down an autumn-ey path

A light has been laid over in case of storm, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

A light has been laid over in case of storm

An organically-shaped thatched cottage, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

An organically-shaped thatched cottage

An Austin A35 drives through Spreyton, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

An Austin A35 drives through Spreyton

Fred outside the Tom Cobley, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred outside the Tom Cobley

We look glumly at the Tom Cobley, which isn't open, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

We look glumly at the Tom Cobley, which isn't open

The path to Chapel Park, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

The path to Chapel Park

Harry looks cheeky at services outside Birmingham, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry looks cheeky at services outside Birmingham

Fred's got a box on his head, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Fred's got a box on his head

Harry wriggles on a changing table, A Few Days in Spreyton, Devon - 26th October 2013

Harry wriggles on a changing table

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It's midnight as the gang gets ready for bed

It's midnight as the gang gets ready for bed

Isobel shows Harry the way to bed

Fred and Harry run off down the corridor

Isobel gives Harry a lift to breakfast

Harry stuffs his face with cereal

Harry pokes a finger in his ear, as he is wont to do

Isobel has a coffee

Harry in his Skellington suit

Harry climbs the stairs

It's morning, and the boys roam around

The boys watch telly

The boys open the door to reception

In Spreyton, there's a war raging over 'dog po'

Mother and the gang do Saturday lunch

Harry gets Isobel to blow on a hot potato

Mother potters around in the kitchen

Fred shows off a Lego creation

Fred builds Lego in the hall

Isobel in the Tom Cobley

Isobel waits for more beer

A Galilean thermometer

One of Fred's Lego dudes

Fishy stained glass

In Grandma J's lounge

The view from Mother's garden

Fred and Grandma J outside the aquarium

Fred and Gabes look in to a rock pool

Funky flat fish floundering

Anemones wave their tentacles around

An octopus squirms around

More swimming fish

Another spotty flatfish

A delicate jellyfish floats about

Yellow fish tails

A Clownfish in anemones

Stripey spiky fish

A spotty Moray Eel - Grumpy Fish

Another very spotty fish

Isobel in the gift shop

Isobel and Mother in the shop

Fred and Grandma

Outside the National Aquarium in Plymouth

Sutton harbour, Barbican

Pleasure cruisers have replaced fishing boats

Grandma J and Isobel scope the menu in The Ship

Mother and Fred in The Ship Inn

What used to be the Barbican Wine Lodge

Barbican back street and bins

A pair of folorn-looking K6 phone boxes

Wet cobbles on the Barbican

Mother, Isobel and Fred on the Barbican

Time for ice-cream

Fred steps up for ice cream

Isobel gets a coffee

A cliché photo of 'Smeaton's Willy'

A graffiti'd shelter on Plymouth Hoe

The stripey but derelict-looking Tinside Lido

Tinside Lido

Harry eats fish fingers

Nosher's 1989 pic of the old Harrow Vineyard

A sheep

A faint rainbow

A rainbow over Spreyton

Harry looks shifty

Fred does some drawing

Fred draws on the dining-room table

Sheep through a rainy window

Fred stumps down an autumn-ey path

A light has been laid over in case of storm

An organically-shaped thatched cottage

An Austin A35 drives through Spreyton

Fred outside the Tom Cobley

We look glumly at the Tom Cobley, which isn't open

The path to Chapel Park

Harry looks cheeky at services outside Birmingham

Fred's got a box on his head

Harry wriggles on a changing table