Nice day out

[Stingo]

The weather was gorgeous so off I went - from Plymouth to Bideford on the 386 - great road once you're past Tavistock. I could've taken loads of pics of the route but that would've made for a boring ride...so here's the bike at Bideford...


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Bideford.jpg
After Bideford I took the A39 westward and visited Clovelly, because I've never been there...so here's some pics...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovellyadmissionboard.jpg
The prices - very friendly staff - area set aside for bike parking.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/BeautifulNorthDevonCoastline.jpg
View of the coast

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly1.jpg
The main street down into the village...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly5.jpg
Outside nearly every house, there're these sled devices...for speed and ease the locals (because there are some) use the sleds to get their stuff/supplies etc down to the house - they slide quite well over the cobbles...never thought about it before really.8-)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly7.jpg
The harbour - pub 'The Red Lion' is the building on the left..

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly11.jpg
Looking back to the village shoreline from the harbour...

I took some more but won't bore you to death. Suffice to say it's one of those places that you need to visit once in your life...getting back up the hill in full bike gear on a hot spring day is not recommended.

Anyway, On leaving Clovelly I swung right back onto the 39 and headed for Bude. Took a B road towards Holsworthy & Launceston - lots of nice twisty bits - traffic was still light which was great...in the main, most of the cars I came up behind moved over to let me pass...:notworthy:

Then back onto more familiar ground around saltash, the twisties, Seaton & Downderry etc...very nice day indeed. Saw LOTS of bikes...

I arrived at the in laws for 'Easter Tea' around half three-ish...kids were chuffed, missus was surprised, because I'd said earlier that I wasn't going to bother. Anyway, the funny one liner of the afternoon went something like this...

Person one - On a map, when you look at Borneo, its in two colours, and one bit says Malaysia - why's that?

Most other people present nodded in a 'Wayne's world' stylee like yeah, course I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you...

The punch line delivered by the resident funny man (you'll love this) - "The really funny thing is that when you get there, it's not any of those colours at all".

:smt003 PMSL - I even choked on my popcorn...well anyway...hope you all had a fab easter break thingy whatever.:wink: :cool:

[kwak zzr]

you pay to get into the village? we stayed near there(my sis lives in barnstaple) but i was too tight (carefull) to pay to get in.

[Stingo]

I know - paying to get in to a village - it's a bit 18th century in a way (toll roads and the like)...still, it's all in a good cause I suppose....although you can bypass the 'toll shed':cool: , not sure how dodgy that is though if you've parked your vehicle in their carpark...you'd have to park a good half mile or so up the road to be in the clear.

[Quiff Wichard]

wheres the place abroad where u ride thoe sled things down the cobbles with a guy on the back?

[Ed]

Do post more Stingo, I'm enjoying these:)

[Stingo]

Do post more Stingo, I'm enjoying these:)


ok...

[Quiff Wichard]

me too..

u were there- so u think it may be boring..but its a mini holiday from the armchair for us.

post THEM all.. I always do- ha ha ..

[Stingo]

The bike with Mr Kingsley on the back..
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/BidefordwithstatueofKingsley.jpg


The war memorial for WW1...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Warmemorial.jpg

The Rat's Castle...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly8.jpg


A view of the shore taken from a little bit further along the wall...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly10.jpg

The start of the descent...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/ThelanetoClovelly.jpg

Sled land...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly6.jpg

Everyone's gotta have one...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Clovelly4.jpg

That's about it really - I didn't get any of Downderry etc 'cos i always go there...maybe I ought to rethink that!!

[Stingo]

Ha - just read your post Quiff...I'd better get clicking...:-D

[Ed]

nice... really pretty.

[SV225]

Am I reading this right? You have to pay to get into the village and the sledges are used for moving stuff around the place (like the weekly shop?).

[Stig]

:cool:

It's nice to see people getting out and about. I may be able to do the same again real soon. :thumbsup:

[Stingo]

Am I reading this right? You have to pay to get into the village and the sledges are used for moving stuff around the place (like the weekly shop?).


Yup...:D

Bit weird I know paying to get into a village...but the village itself has become a 'showpiece' more or less locked in time.

There's no vehicular access through the village although there is a lane that goes down to the Red Lion/Harbour which is supposedly for locals only. A lot of the houses would appear to have solid fuel heating and so the coal needs to be delivered to the houses...tourists etc staying need to move their bags/rucsacs, shopping, new appliances presumably...all have to be moved to their eventual destination...accessible only by steep cobbled lanes and cobbled alleyways.:smt028

[Stingo]

:cool:

It's nice to see people getting out and about. I may be able to do the same again real soon. :thumbsup:


Stuck indoors?:(