Blogs from Ilfracombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

We went for a morning walk with our friends around their part of Taunton and then we set-off for North Devon where we had arranged to meet my wife's cousin and her husband, who we had also not seen in a long time. On the way there, we stopped off at Saunton Beach for anther walk and some fresh sea air. This is a fantastic beach - wide, long, smooth sand and not that many people, or at least its size swallowed the people who were there. It's extremely flat so the tide goes out a long way and, I suspect will come back in again extremely quickly. We could tell it was popular with surfers whilst we were still in the carpark - lots of long-hair, wetsuits and VW camper vans. We could see why ... read more

Today we have moved on to Ilfracombe- an English seaside resort town. The B&B where we are staying contacted us earlier in the week and asked if we could check in early as they had appointments during the afternoon. As we only had a short drive, we were happy to agree. The morning was quite wet, so we didn’t stop on our way. The forecast suggested that it would clear about 10am, but by the time we arrived in Ilfracombe (round 12) the sun was yet to make an appearance, although the rain was almost stopped. We found Marine Court, our home for the next two nights, and met Karen and Russ our hosts. They suggested a walk down to the harbour and around the lower town. We wanted to check our where our restaurant for ... read more

Well this was probably the worst time of my life so far, unfortunately my marriage was no longer working and I had feelings for someone else. Not much about travel in here but after 16 years of marriage it had to end and I called my mum, not what I expected to do or happen after so many years, the tears rolled down my face as I said goodbye to the kids and got into my mothers car to return to Bristol.... read more

Geo: 51.2084, -4.11295After a few hours of Rach's driving and my navigating, we made it to our destination for the night. We drove around and found the hostel. This town was very quiet, we were confident that we would find beds at the hostel. We were right. Had an en-suite dorm to ourselves. Once accommodation was sorted out, we went for a walk around town. It was a bit windy, but still a very cute little seaside town. This town is north Devon's largest seaside resort. It is summer and it was very quiet!! We went for a drive to nearby Woolacombe and went for a walk along the beach and saw some colourful beach boxes. Then we drove along the very narrow roads back to Ilfracombe. It is so much easier to travel with a ... read more