A Drive fron Lynton to Barnstaple and Back

We are spending the Easter weekend in a campground just outside Lynton and Lynmouth, after having a rest day yesterday today we need to get some groceries and take a look around Lynmouth.

My morning started with a quick COVID test.  I have been doing these every 3 days, give me some reassurance, and checks I am not making others sick.

I'm glade to report I am still negative.

Time to head off to Barnstaple, Tesco's first for breakfast bacon baps and some jeans for mum.  The store was a larger than others we had been into so we did the walk around, picked up a few things, no peach ice tea here though so lets try ASDA across the way.

Got a bit of food for dinner at ASDA, no ice tea again, seems to be hard to get this weekend, oh well.  

Next we went to a local Car Boot sale, opened at 1pm so off we went in hunt for some bargains. I have been to a couple of these in the past and they can be fun.  You pay for parking, just ₤1.  We had a good look around, but nothing tempted us, I've not experienced anything like this at home, maybe the Saturday morning riverside markets without the food stalls and veggies is as close to it.

On our way back to Lynmouth we stopped off at Arlington Court the land and house was owned by the Chichester family

and Lady Chichester handed it over to the National Trust in the 1940's.  

I love seeing all the bulbs out, for me coming to the UK in April is the best time of year, it's not to hot, the flowers are at their best and the crowds of people are not out yet.

The house is beautiful and I loved having a look around the rooms, and all the trinkets they had collected over the generations.  Getting furniture ideas...watch out Mike. 

They had a lot of boat models throughout the house from all their journeys around the world.  When I entered the house the lady at the door informed he that lady Chichester had been to New Zealand, and I found this beautiful painting of a Kiwi on the wall in the upstair hallway.

Next point of call was Lynmouth, it was getting late in the day so we were able to get some camper parking which was great and we had a good walk around the village.  As we walked into the town, we saw the end of the Glen Lyn Gorge, 

just beautiful with the jets going off over the waterfall, and the afternoon sun.

From there we continued along the main street and took in some of the shops

This photo is of the end of the National Trust Watersmeet just before it meets the sea

it seems like two different waterways meet here and enter the sea at Lynmouth

On the way back to camp we decided to pop into a pub for dinner, unfortunately they were fully booked but I did take a shot of those funny sign they had outside, not far off being true!!