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Published: March 31st 2006
Linda and Grommit
Linda made friends with Grommit who was Biscuit's toy!Yeoford in Exeter, Devon 10-12th March, 2006
The story goes like this. Bernadette and Elizabeth's surname is Dornom. When we arrived in England Bern got an email from David Dornom who lives in Devon and has been tracking the Dornom family history for several years now. David was keen to meet the infamous Dornom twins of Aspendale, Melbourne having discovered that they were his cousins.
David and his wife Paddy invited us to stay with them at their home in Yeoford which is just out of the town of Exeter in the county of Devon. Being a Fitzgerald and not a Dornom I was still very much welcomed in to their home. Even if it was only to help disperse the Dornom conversations and keep Paddy company!
We were truly spoilt the entire weekend with a morning hot drink in bed, a lovely cooked breakfast and then a trip to Salcombe which is a little seaside town in Devon. A popular destination in the summer time for family holidays. There was also a little bit of Dornom history on the way and some new Dornoms were introduced who had just returned from a morning fishing trip. They had
Paddy, David and Biscuit Dornom
Taken at the front of their house overlooking Yeoford some fine catches on their boat of king crabs, lobsters and crays.
You can't visit Devon without having Devonshire Tea! Scones, jam and clotted cream all round!
We tried our hand at the 'Devon Version' of Monopoly which none of us had played for years. Elizabeth sent us all bankrupt!
We had an amazing Sunday lunch roast complete with Yorkshire puddings! At lunch we even met some more Dornoms - Paddy and David's son and his family.
It was a very enjoyable weekend, lovely to see some of the English countryside and even more delightful to spend it with such a lovely couple.
It might be time for me to find out a bit more about those Fitzgeralds!!!
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laura
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enjoyed your pictures of yeoford...
...as I have now settled in this tiny place myself. I am originally from Italy. Mind if I use your photo of the 'cute cottage' to post to my mum and friends back home? All Best, laura.