Covid Capers Extended..

Then southward to Porlock..
Porlock hill made the transit grunt a little..... :D
 

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Next was Westward Ho, Devonshire
Arriving there at 18.00hrs.

Beautiful.. :)
 

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Then Appledore..
Again beautiful..
 

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Then Cornwall was calling...

At dusk :thumb
 

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Arrived Bude. 21.40

Beautiful Bude...

Then made my way to a layby I've used many times in the past..
 

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This was the view from my vans sliding door in the morning..
From my overnight layby stop..

Perfic...
 

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I love Bude & luckily have been to a few bike weekend events there in the past few years.
Sadly thus years event was cancelled for obvious reasons...

Great for walkers, surfers & eejits like me...

And highly recommended you visit should you be in the area..
But then that goes for all the places I went to on this adventure..

Even Minehead.. :D :comfort
 

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Most people I had seen all week.. Sadly..

Time to head out methinks..
 

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One fing I will mention is the RAYDAR key scheme..
Invaluable for folk like me & made this trip much easier.

The picture of this one was in in Exmouth.
Dated by most standards of them..

But perfectly functioning..

Hopefully 99.9% of you will never need one, but should you they are a great asset.. :bow

And free to use. ( if you have a key ) ;)

I did notice a lot of places are now charging to use the facilities.
Even contactless..
 

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Next was Padstow..
Sadly couldn't park anywhere & was heaving with people.
So drove through a car park & back out..

Rick Steins chunk of real estate ( one of them )( piccy no 2 )
 

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Most people I had seen all week.. Sadly..

Time to head out methinks..

Brilliant write up Ash, DON’T head to Padstow the Emits are packed in like Sardines. Bugger, your Padstow post beat by 5 minutes. I was there last week, everyday it was the same not a space to be had anywhere. :rob:blast
 
It was Friday late afternoon when I arrive in Truro.
My plan in my empty head was to do St Ives, Penzance & maybe Lands End.
As well as the English riviera Torquay, Paington, Brixham.
But with a stunning weekends weather forecast, the amount of traffic I was hitting between Padstow & Truro.
I decided to miss the busiest holiday spots, due to me being infection central.
And take an evening drive through Bodmin Moor to the Exmouth area..
 
Brilliant write up Ash, DON’T head to Padstow the Emits are packed in like Sardines. Bugger, your Padstow post beat by 5 minutes. I was there last week, everyday it was the same not a space to be had anywhere. :rob:blast

I arrive mid Friday afternoon.
I should of known better :loopy
But finking I have a blue badge I would find a space on some double yellow lines to park on.
Oh no. :(
But who can blame folk fir getting away.
After all I was one of them.. :blast

:D
 
Friday evening on Bodmin Moor..
 

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By the time I arrived at Budleigh Salterton it was pitch dark....
So hunt the flat layby.
Always out of town, so I annoyed no one..


I awoke last Saturday to another glorious day.
View from overnight layby stop
 

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Then off to Exmouth...
Another beautiful place to visit & even on Saturday morning fairly people free...
Dog friendly beach for doggy folk ( not dogging :green gri )

Piccy no 4 - cruise ship sit empty due to COVID-19
Imagine being the financial guys in cruise shipping....:tears


EDIT..
I took these piccies from midday onwards & you can see the empty bridges...
 

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Exmouth continued..

Piccy no 2 - a wee treat...
Piccy no 4 - Mussel trawler..
 

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Then back to Budleigh Salterton..

No sandy beach here..... Piccy no 4... :(


Piccy no 3 was a wee woollen knitted cover I spotted over a post.... :angel
 

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Next up was Seaton...
Another buffer of a place to park...
But once again my Blue badge came in handy..
 

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Being born and bred a Dorsetman.
It's always a pleasure to come home..


Visa checked & passport stamped.... :D
 

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