Fantastic trip, Scotland, Devon, Cornwall & more! Lots of pic’s!

8 years ago

This is one of my favorite vacations! I’m not big on tourist
attractions and am more into getting my feet in the grass and getting to know
the locals.

We started in Kirkcudbright Scotland as our hub. We did small
walks throughout the lower south and southwest areas. We found three days
enough in this section but the staff and owners of the Selkirk Arms made our
visit really special. The food was phenomenal and the people so wonderful. At
the end we even had members show us pictures of their grandchildren.

Next stop was two days one night in Stratford
upon Avon. After the laid back Scotland trip
my husband was ready for some busy hustle. The area was loaded with tourists
and was not for me but husband really loved it.

Lynton/Lynmouth in North Devon
was next. This was my absolute favorite part of the trip for walking and
moderate hiking. Really Really beautiful in the Exmoor
area and friendly locals! Most of the walking trails start at five miles and go
up from there. We stayed at the Castle Hill guest house in a suit with a little
balcony. The young couple who own it are just as cute as can be. We had three
nights here and walked or hiked every day.

Towards the end we meet up with the family in Cornwall. What a riot we
had! Boat ride along the coast, lunch at the Royal Yacht club to watch the
boats races, long walks and many villages explored. We all stayed near Fowey at
the old Ferry Inn. It’s hard to recommend this place and it’s hard not to recommend
this place. The Ferry Inn is more a state of mind. It fit ours perfectly at
that point of travel. It’s creaky and quirky and far from perfection but it
does have the most spectacular view of Fowey from the upper outdoor terrace. Oh
the fun we had with family and wine on that terrace every evening! I had a
water view room so I was happy. The food here was better than any food we had directly
in the village of
Fowey. You will also meet many a local in the pub
which is always fun. Pascal the owner really made our stay. At first he looked
big and scary but was really a teddy bear with marvelous wit.

One of many villages visited when in Cornwall was Mevagissey which is the only
place during my vacation that I found to have nice reasonably priced original
art. I bought a mixed media painting of a moorland stream. You will also find
some little pubs that serve huge mounds of fresh crab and fresh baked bread.
This might not sound great but the mayo-y sauce is on the side so you are left
with the fresh pureness of it all. Everywhere else seemed to go crazy with
mayo.

After we left the family we stayed two days and a night in Devizes
at The Bear Inn. Paul the manager at the
Bear was really great in setting us up with a huge grilled veggie platter and a
sharing seafood platter. Nice clean place as well. Devizes it’s self is just
okay but it is near a few attractions like very old villages and not far from Stonehenge. We
chose a drive to an ancient village. There is also a big brewery right in
Devizes that gives tours but we opted out of that. It was interesting to see
how they did their daily deliveries with horse and carriage though.

The end!

Things I’m glad I took…earplugs and copies of all room confirmations.
We had two close calls where there were attempts to put us in none suit rooms
when we paid for either mini suits or suits.

These pictures may not come out in the order of the trip but
I will try to start from the beginning in Scotland and work my way down.