Finally getting round to updating by blog with news from Woolacombe! Had a fabulous holiday thanks to bro, becky and boys! Woolacombe is a lovely old fashioned seaside town on the north devon coast. Its all on the side of a very very steep hill leading down to the beach and the bay. It really is steep you wouldnt want to stay at the top of the hill and walk it would be a killer. We were lucky thanks to becky to be right at the bottom just a stones throw from the beach itself! Even that was hard work with a double pushchair! The beach is a good couple of miles of sand good for surfing though it didnt really get too high when we were there though still lots of surf dudes and lifeguards all year round so nice safe beach. I took the train down which was interesting the further into devon i got! Got there without hiccup and met the guys for lunch in Barnstaple then drove back to Woolacombe i had no idea what to expect but i loved Woolacombe the minute we got to the first view of it. Weather was OK not sunny but not raining which was the main thing and we went to the beach most days for a quick sandcatle and paddle. The beach tent was brilliant Harry had a lovely time asleep in the pram inside the tent and it was nice to get out of the wind a bit. Jamie seemed to enjoy the sandcastles though probably not as much and me simon and becky! Found some of the old paper flags to put on the sandcastles and the little windmills went down well too. Had some lovely food in Woolacombe fish n chips the first night was pretty good. There was a great coffee shop that we went to every morning and the pancake man was lovely too. Also had a fabuous though massive cream tea in a courtyard cafe 2 massive scones, jam and of course clotted cream was too much for all of us but tasted amazing. The Dinosaur and Wildlife park in Coombe Martin was brilliant too you could feel the wallabies (see photo) though it was 50p for about 4 grass nuts i took two bags for my 50p from the honesty box :-) as i know how much those grass nuts cost!! The wolves in particular were really something the man inside the enclosure with them basically lives as one of the pack and is totally accepted into the hirearchy of the pack - he has been on tv and there was a film crew with him. He looked filthy and probably smelled pretty ripe too. Was disappointed to see him later on in the zoo cafe - why wasnt he out huntung for rabbit or something? So that kind of killed the illusion. The animated dinosaurs were a disappointment for the adults who stupidly imagined them roaming around their enclosure. They are just models and the arms and head move a bit. My kite was also a success someone on the beach even asked where we got it from - everyone with their fancy stunt kites were envious as mine was the only kite flying ha! All in all brilliant and roll on next year!
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That looks fantastic! It would have been fab to see the wolf man until you sat next to him at lunch. Am drooling over your cream tea! What did the wallabee feel like?
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