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A Week at Woolacombe Bay

October 19, 2016 By Kerry Cooks 6 Comments

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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)

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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!).

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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.

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Pirate themed crazy golf at Woolacome – So. Much. Fun! (I have never won)

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Woolacombe sees some gorgeous sunsets – you can just see Lundy Island here.

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In Woolacombe, you’re a short journey (20 miles) from Exmoor National Park.

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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!

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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.

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Q – have you ever visited Woolacombe or Devon?

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  1. Sue Edwards says

    October 19, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    WoNderful mEmories of a great holiday, love always, mum xxx

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  2. Clare ackland says

    October 19, 2016 at 6:43 pm

    I 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

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      October 19, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      Aw what a lovely comment Clare, thank you! Yes I should have announced kerry cooks on tour and come meet (and eat peoples cake!) xx

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  3. Elizabeth says

    October 19, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    I’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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  4. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says

    October 19, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    I haven’t been to Devon yet, but your pictures make it so beautiful.
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  5. Jo of Jo's Kitchen says

    October 19, 2016 at 1:13 pm

    I 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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