Tamsin Edwards’ Trek for Bowel Cancer UK
Synchronicity strikes in the strangest places. Our regular reader(s) may recall that we visited Castle Drogo on Tuesday? As we were descending the Hunter's Path we passed a lady heading…
Castle Drogo in the Summer Rain
The weather forecast wasn't brilliant today, so by way of a change from the seaside we decided to head inland today, to Castle Drogo above the valley of the River…
An Electrified Trip to Bideford
We’d never been to Westward Ho! before. Or Bideford for that matter! Hence we decided to combine business with pleasure and visit them both this afternoon.
Our conveyance for the day was Lisa, our trusty Nissan LEAF electric vehicle. She planned on taking the shortest route to Bideford, but that road was “closed”. Hence we were all forced to take a detour in the direction of Holsworthy. Lisa’s first stop was in the Torridge Council car park. Two non electric council vans were visible, but no electric vehicle charging stations were to be seen. For use by either council or visitor EVs:
Is the end nigh for the hosepipe ban in West Devon?
I’ve been following the current drought in West Devon and Cornwall for many months. I was interviewed on the subject by the BBC in March, and by the Daily Telegraph in June. I took this photograph of Roadford Lake on June 1st:
and this one on June 24th for comparison purposes:
Earlier today, in the midst of Storm Antoni, I took this one of the same location:
(more…)Storm Antoni Hits West Devon, In August!
The Met Office in Exeter have issued a high wind warning for tomorrow: Not only that, but also the high winds will be caused by the first named storm of…
Much more sewage is in the sea
On Saturday we took the grandchildren to Summerleaze Beach in Bude. You can read all about that excursion (and see moving surfing pictures!), here.Yesterday the children went to Widemouth Sand…
The Heavens Open in Halwill Junction
Yesterday was a (comparatively!) nice day, but this morning it’s raining again here in Halwill Junction. This is the Met Office’s 11:AM rainfall forecast:
There appears to be heavier rain heading for West Devon. Whilst we await future developments, further west a new sewage pollution alert has popped up on South West Water’s “Water Fit Live” map:
(more…)Surfing Bude in the School Holidays
Strictly speaking the title should start "bodyboarding", but it's already overly verbose!Here's today's Surfline surf forecast for Bude Summerleaze: We very rarely go to Summerleaze, and we very rarely go…
Summer’s in the air, and sewage is in the sea
School summer holidays are starting. I don’t know if there is a causal relationship, but it probably won’t come as a huge surprise to many residents of West Devon that the UK Met Office’s rainfall map of the area looked like this yesterday afternoon:
As luck would have it, I had just set up our shiny new Twitter account so that I could report to the rest of the planet on yesterday’s exciting news from Halwill Junction football pitch.
Twitter insisted that I “follow” several other accounts, and of course South West Water was top of my list! Whereupon Elon Musk‘s latest (single) X algorithm suddenly revealed this to me:
Devon Air Ambulance in Halwill Junction
Having recently moved to Halwill Junction, we were in the process of sorting out a big pile of boxes in the garage when what proved to be the Devon Air Ambulance helicopter flew very low overhead.
This is what happened next, via Twitter (AKA X.com!) :