Hey! This post is mainly an excuse to share some pictures of my recent trip to Woolacombe Bay – it’s such a lovely place… you can’t beat the seaside (and it’s made me quite want to live by the sea, but that’s another story).
Woolacombe has a wide, sandy beach and gorgeous curved bay – it’s always full of surfers and body boarders, and people doing more sedate forms of exercise, like me! (dog walking)
This is the graveyard at Mortehoe, around the coast from Woolacombe. Not a bad place to spend your eternal rest! I would LOVE to see a thunderstorm from up here (while indoors of course!).
This is the harbour at Lynmouth, a town I learned about extensively in high school geography class! Maybe you did too? Lynmouth was the site of devastating floods in 1952 when a high tide and a summer storm combined and the river broke its banks, sweeping away homes and people. There’s a free flood museum and model village in the town where you can learn more about the disaster.
Pirate themed crazy golf at Woolacome – So. Much. Fun! (I have never won)
Woolacombe sees some gorgeous sunsets – you can just see Lundy Island here.
In Woolacombe, you’re a short journey (20 miles) from Exmoor National Park.
This is Lynmouth again, along the river which is now given much more room to flood… it’s a gorgeous, picturesque town full of interesting shops (including one selling Christmas ornaments year round!). Oh and many tearooms and ice cream parlours!
Enough sunsets, let’s talk cream teas! Staggeringly, and horrifyingly, bad cream teas are everywhere in Devon/Cornwall. FYI – my criteria for bad = scones that are not homemade. Oh, and clotted cream stinginess is a pretty big issue too!
I won’t moan about how ridiculous it is that anywhere selling a cream tea would serve a non homemade scone, or how easy scones are to make, or how few ingredients they have… let’s just focus on the positive!
In Mortehoe, just a couple of minutes drive from Woolacombe, is the amazing Miss Fea’s Cafe, where the scones are homemade. And insanely delicious (and so are the other cakes – I also tried their carrot cake and millionaire’s shortbread – on different days, I swear!). And very reasonably priced! Definitely head there if you’re ever in the Woolacombe area.
Q – have you ever visited Woolacombe or Devon?
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Sue Edwards says
October 19, 2016 at 9:14 pmWoNderful mEmories of a great holiday, love always, mum xxx
Clare ackland says
October 19, 2016 at 6:43 pmI live very Near woolacombe.i wish i knew you were going to be there,i would have loved to have met you,i love you blogs And recipes.we are very lucky to have such a lovelly beach so close.xx
Kerry Cooks says
October 19, 2016 at 8:07 pmAw what a lovely comment Clare, thank you! Yes I should have announced kerry cooks on tour and come meet (and eat peoples cake!) xx
Elizabeth says
October 19, 2016 at 2:55 pmI’ve never made it that far south before, to be honest, but it’s a place I would absolutely love to visit! It looks like you’ve had a great time!
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Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
October 19, 2016 at 2:45 pmI haven’t been to Devon yet, but your pictures make it so beautiful.
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Jo of Jo's Kitchen says
October 19, 2016 at 1:13 pmI LOVE NORTH DEVON. i HAVE NOT BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. i WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING YOUR PHOTOS. ps: I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS IN CAPITALS!
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