Petes Pix 2022

We decided to have a weeks holiday in a rented apartment (behind the tree at top left) in Paignton, having missed the Probus holiday there last year.  On Saturday 13 November we broke our journey at Amesbury at a Toby Carvery and had roast beef which came with an enormous Yorkshire pudding. Our ground floor apartment in Paignton had a small garden with table and chairs and great views. But it was too cold to sit outside, however we could still enjoy the view from indoors. I cooked dinner on Saturday  and Sunday and we went to the nearby Brewers Fayre on the beach below for Monday dinner. On Tuesday we attempted to walk the coastal  path to Brixham, whose lights we could see at night from our apartment, but the path was too steep and in poor condition so we finished the journey by taxi, getting there in a persistent drizzle so we had a fish ‘ n ’ chip lunch overlooking the harbour in the Brixham Fish Restaurant   (below the pale blue building in the middle of pho...

Three nights in The Imperial, Great Yarmouth arriving Monday 1st November. Tuesday drove to Horsey Gap to see seals.  Beach was closed off so seals could pup without being disturbed, viewing places along the top of the dunes, but although many seals in water close to the beach, none were on the sand. Clear blue skies, sun and no wind -- but chilly. For lunch we found a great place for lunch -  Dunes Café  - nearby at Waxham Barn. Afternoon back at hotel. As soon as I was on the beach I saw this seal just yards off the shore, but he was camera shy...