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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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