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| Birthdays are always exciting. Click
HERE to see photos from past birthdays, or
HERE to see where I spent 2007's birthday. |
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| When we visitedDevon in February, we knew immediately that we wanted to return for my birthday in May. | |
 Our first stop was Bradley, a National Trust property. |
 We drank water from the spring. |
 We returned to the lovely Moorstone Guest House. |
 The bed is ever so comfy! |
 The living room at Moorstone |
 On Friday, we visited Riverford farm, the source of our organic vegetable box. I got to pick some wet garlic. |
 Our tourguide with some rhubarb. We were allowed to pick as much as we wanted. |
 We also got to pick strawberries. |
 The extensive lunch menu, plus a delicious selection of desserts. |
 They were rather apologetic about serving squid, but it was delicious! |
 With the Riverford signature hill in the background. |
 Our next stop was Overbecks, another National Trust gem. |
 Detail from an Overbecks railing. |
 In the garden at Overbecks. |
 Nick peeks through a carved door. |
 On Saturday, we took a cruise from Torquay to Greenway. |
 Torquay harbour. The last time we were there was my birthday in 2000! |
 We passed this "hen party" on their picnic boat. |
 These fishermen remind me of that iconic New York workmen on girder photo. |
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 In Dartmouth harbour |
 Dartmouth |
 Dartmouth Castle |
 Suzuki boat motors are my favourites |
 We arrived at Greenway quay and were greeted by this man. |
 Greenway was the summer home of Agatha Christie. |
 The "enigmatic" Raleigh's boathouse, featured in Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly |
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 Cute man in Dartmouth |
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 A week or so before my birthday, we went camping near Uffington, where there is a prehistoric white horse on the hillside. |
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 Near the hill with the horse |
 Nick and two fellow campers |
 Nick without two fellow campers |
 Thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain, the Uffington horse dates to 1000 BC, the late Bronze Age. |
 Hillside joggers |
 Close-up of the horse: the eye and mouth? |
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 Our neighbours recently had a conservatory built. |
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 There is a nice zoo, quite close to our house. |
 Nick compares his height with the giraffe. |
 The sleepy leopard |
 And the cute red panda |
 Otters |
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 Waitrose hosts a food festival every year. |
 Reminds me of Storyland, in New Hampshire, where I also milked a fake cow. |
 The man hired to tell people to use the other entrance |
 Happy in his work (and his looks) |
 Flowers at the festival |
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 Can't remember what he was selling. |
 More lovely flowers |
 In the water gardens |
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 The water gardens |
 This was taken at the watercress festival a couple of weeks earlier. |
 This is actually a cake, made to look like watercress. |
 This is also a cake, made to look like a man. |
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