I set an alarm for 7.30am this morning as Helen was coming to get me at 9am. Just as well as I was out for the count last night. We didn’t get to bed until 11pm!
The evening reception started at 5pm until 9pm as we were out on the Stuart Line cruises, cruising the mouth of the River Exe.
That link above gives you dome detail on the cruise.
I used Helen’s house as a base yesterday and got ready pretty early. I spent a lovely half hour with her daughter’s new kittens, actually as I say that, I think I posted those photos yesterday.
It’s only a 15 minute walk down to the Stuart Line cruise.
Phone matches the dress!
We leave exactly at 5pm.
It was much cooler, had clouded over and was threatening rain which was a shame.
Leaving the harbour.
We went upstairs on and off but it did start raining about 6pm and ended up lashing with rain by 9pm.
Such a shame after a beautiful day. It didn’t dampen the spirits though as the boat has a warm indoor area downstairs.
I’m making sure there are no photos of the bride and groom!!
Here we are, so lovely to spend time with Helen and her family again…. Obviously we missed Craig but you know me, I chatted to everyone.
Laughed at these 3 bots powering along all tied together.
The boat sailed as far up as Topsham. Helen I had walked up here the last time I’d been down in March. It was lovely to see it from the water.
One of the other cruise ships followed us at one point!
I thought this looked like a sunken pirates ship!
Apparently this happens a lot when boats sink and are just left. The harbour master tried to find the owners but it’s often very difficult to do.
It’s raining heavily now, so this one is taken inside. This is Starcross which is directly across the water from Exmouth.
Well go here next time I’m down.
The water took on quite a roll as we crossed the mouth of the Exe. It was the only time it was bumpy.
So back to this morning…. Helen and Mike picked me up at 9am and we headed to Budleigh Salterton.
I was blown away by these stunning colours. Apparently the sea is always like this. The red sand comes from the cliffs.
What a pretty bench with all the bright red poppies!
Typical English beach huts.
First of all we had breakfast on the beach!
Pretty much right after this photo we got soaked!!
We hid under a tree and you can see the squall moving off.
Lovely war memorial with a view.
The wild flowers are so pretty in Spring and there’s so many of them.
Pastel beach huts and the sun is back out…. We’re trying to dry off.
Loved this church and tree.
Because of the weather we decided to head back down to Exmouth and went out around the harbour again.
The tide is in.
I loved this red and blue boat.
We walked down to it.
The clouds are coming in again.
Helen said this boat appeared about 6 months ago and just sits here.
It’s raining again now but we make it back without getting soaked.
The sun comes out just in time for Helen to hang her washing!!
So that’s me at the airport waiting to board, heading back to see Craigie and the puppers.
There’s a chance I may have an empty seat next to me as Craig should have been in it. 😆
I can’t post the blog now as there is no signal and none of the photos have loaded up.
Just home and it’s 7.15pm. Shattered but good to get back to Craig and the puppets and for these photos to finally load!!
Some great shots of the flight and flying in to Glasgow…
I’m off to get some dinner and put my comfies on.
Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️
The Rambling Sloth 🦥 