Last week we had a couple of days away in North Devon in the resort of Ilfracombe, just 2 hours drive from here. We booked a pleasant B&B (busman’s holiday for us) but thought a change of scenery would be good. Unfortunately the weather was against us. The first day it rained constantly all day, but we decided to make the best of it and went for a walk to see the sites.
The tide was out, the coast line very rugged.
Unperturbed by the weather we ventured forth with our brolly up.
We walked down to the harbour to see the boats.
At the end of the quay stands “Verity” a 66 foot high statue of a naked pregnant woman standing on law books and holding the scales of justice behind her back in one hand, and a sword held high in the other. It is by Damian Hurst and to my opinion quite grotesque. I think it is something that divides the locals in opinion.
One side is the outer body and the other side is the internal view!!
After a nice breakfast is our B&B the next day we set off to the “Tunnels beaches”.
Tunnels were dug out by Welsh miners in the Victorian era to provide a way through to the beaches, one for women and one for men, and the Victorian bathing pools. The time of our visit saw the tide up so we couldn’t see the bathing pools but we did go through the tunnels.
We went down onto the women’s beach and Neil took the opportunity to skim some stones, something he is very good at.
On the way back we stopped off at the theatre, known locally as “Madonna’s Bra” due to its large conical turrets. It would appear they have a wide and varied programme of events there.
As the weather continued to be inclement we decided to head for home early and came back to lunch in the local pub “The Candlelight” in Bishopswood and very nice it was too.
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