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Heads up
Aerial View of Bolt Tail Plan of the Fort This is a heads up for those who haven’t seen the parish news letter. The National Trust along with Historic England,…
Entertainment instead of snow
I had been expecting to write about bad winters in days gone by, but as we haven’t had any snow … yet, I thought I’d save the snow stories, and…
When is a church not a church?
This sounds like an Alice in Wonderland riddle, but as in normal times Christmas is for many people the only time they go inside a church, I though it would…
Fun house to lighthouse
The strong winds and big seas of this early November brought to mind “our” Eddystone Lighthouse and the great storm 1703. The Eddystone reef consists of three ridges of spiky…
Was Hope ever a sleepy fishing village?
Early hotel brochures often described Hope Cove as “A sleepy fishing village”, but was it ever the case? Tales of smugglers in earlier centuries indicate they were lively and interesting times,…
Apples and cream
This bumper apple year made me think of the time this area, and much of the south west was known for its cider apples and orchards. Most orchards have disappeared,…