Time for breakfast at Taunton East Premier Inn
Grandma J's and a Day on the Beach, Spreyton and Exmouth, Devon - 13th April 2017
Partly as it's Easter, and also because it's nearly Mother's 70th birthday, we head down for a visit to Spreyton, near Okehampton on the north edge of Dartmoor in Devon - a handy side-effect of which is the chance to visit the most-awesome Tom Cobley Tavern in the middle of the village. There's also an easter-egg hunt arranged by the village shop, but first there's the obligatory stop-over at a Premier Inn, this time at Taunton East. The next day, we take Grandma J over to meet Sis and Matt on the beach at Exmouth, where as well as sandcastles and ice creams, we get a sandwich stolen by a seagull.
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A stripey cat follows us for a bit
The stripey cat wants to join in
Harry at breakfast
Isobel and Harry do breakfast
Fred plays with Lego
Fred's made a thing
Fred in the Tom Cobley
Fred's in the zone checking the specials menu
Harry slurps lemonade
Harry admires his reflection
Harry does some colouring
Harry roams around in the Cobley's restaurant
Harry and Isobel
Isobel reads a bed-time story
Mother has yellowhammers in her garden
Thatched cottages in Spreyton
Spreyton's 'High Street' is nicely car free
Harry in the community playground
On the swings
Isobel has a swing
Isobel swings the boys around
The boys are upside-down
We start on the village shop's Easter-egg hunt
At the village road sign
This car has seen better days
The boys write down some more answers
Isobel by the school's mosaic
'How many legs are on the Tom Cobley's sign'
The Tom Cobley's Widdecombe Fair sign
Another clue is answered
The tree-lined path to the church
Old-school electricals in the church
An old font leans against a wall
Nice modern stained glass window
Light plays through a leaded window
The boys do more quiz questions
Fred on a church path
Sis in Mother's lounge
Sis looks out to sea
Fred and Harry on the beach at Exmouth
A kite is flown
Mother waves
The seafront at Exmouth
The beach near the lifeboat station
Matt and Mother
A bit of burnt wood on the beach
The Exmouth lifeboat
Matt reels in a kite
The sandwich-stealing seagull flies around
An old dude scoots by
A kite-surfer scoots by
The town of Exmouth
An airborne kite surfer
Matt and the boys are contructing
Matt builds sandcastles
The finished sandcastle
Harry by the sand castle
Isobel on the beach
We visit the most epic ice-cream shop
Swan-like Pedalos are still popular
Fred finds a tree in the dunes
A bingo parlour
Old-school amusements arcade
An old fairground hammer-strength machine
Sis and Isobel discuss topics of the day
Beach huts
Mother's semi-tame pheasant
Isobel considers a Ma'ida take-away
Isobel gets something from the kitchen
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Time for breakfast at Taunton East Premier Inn
Time for breakfast at Taunton East Premier Inn
A stripey cat follows us for a bit
The stripey cat wants to join in
Harry at breakfast
Isobel and Harry do breakfast
Fred plays with Lego
Fred's made a thing
Fred in the Tom Cobley
Fred's in the zone checking the specials menu
Harry slurps lemonade
Harry admires his reflection
Harry does some colouring
Harry roams around in the Cobley's restaurant
Harry and Isobel
Isobel reads a bed-time story
Mother has yellowhammers in her garden
Thatched cottages in Spreyton
Spreyton's 'High Street' is nicely car free
Harry in the community playground
On the swings
Isobel has a swing
Isobel swings the boys around
The boys are upside-down
We start on the village shop's Easter-egg hunt
At the village road sign
This car has seen better days
The boys write down some more answers
Isobel by the school's mosaic
'How many legs are on the Tom Cobley's sign'
The Tom Cobley's Widdecombe Fair sign
Another clue is answered
The tree-lined path to the church
Old-school electricals in the church
An old font leans against a wall
Nice modern stained glass window
Light plays through a leaded window
The boys do more quiz questions
Fred on a church path
Sis in Mother's lounge
Sis looks out to sea
Fred and Harry on the beach at Exmouth
A kite is flown
Mother waves
The seafront at Exmouth
The beach near the lifeboat station
Matt and Mother
A bit of burnt wood on the beach
The Exmouth lifeboat
Matt reels in a kite
The sandwich-stealing seagull flies around
An old dude scoots by
A kite-surfer scoots by
The town of Exmouth
An airborne kite surfer
Matt and the boys are contructing
Matt builds sandcastles
The finished sandcastle
Harry by the sand castle
Isobel on the beach
We visit the most epic ice-cream shop
Swan-like Pedalos are still popular
Fred finds a tree in the dunes
A bingo parlour
Old-school amusements arcade
An old fairground hammer-strength machine
Sis and Isobel discuss topics of the day
Beach huts
Mother's semi-tame pheasant
Isobel considers a Ma'ida take-away
Isobel gets something from the kitchen