A Rainy Day in Okehampton & Stormy night in Ilfracombe - 30th Jul ‘19

An absolutely horrible weather  day - rain and strong winds from when we got up to when we went to bed.

Like the rest of North Devon, we decided that the weather was so poor that the only possible activity would be an indoor one! Kim was on the Net first thing in the morning looking for a spare cinema seat showing Toy Story 4. She found one in Okehampton - about 45 Devin miles aka over 90 minute drive.
It was worth it though - Toy Story 4 had a big thumbs up from all 5 of us - aged 4 to 60 - so good going Mr Disney / Pixar! We all agreed it was every bit as good as the first Toy Story.

After it had finished we wandered up to a park (Cummins Park) and the boys enjoyed a game of Poo Sticks while we feasted on coffee and Cornish Pasties. Why are Cornish Pasties always such a disappointment!?

The long drive back got us at Ilfracombe at about 5.30 just in time to see another beach rescue. This one there was actually a guy being resuscitated by the emergency services on the beach!! The sea was amazingly choppy and the assumption we came to as that he may have gone in after his dog?

Then it was off to the Admiral Collingwood, a Weatherspoons pub on the front. It is what it is - and for a very reasonable price we all left with full bellies! Not so full that the boys and I couldn’t squeeze in some more ice cream which we purchased from a wee stall on the harbour.

Twinnies in a 3 berth caravan in the rain brings its challenges. So we took the opportunity to get them running down a steep slope a few dozen times to burn off some of that excess pent up energy.

The wind isn’t really abating so I bought a universal awning strapping kit which I was assured would fit Isabella. You guessed it - it didn’t so it will go back tomorrow. My conclusion and advice for all, which ironically I have known all my working life - there is no such thing as good value, functional generic fit thing. It fits 80% of stuff badly and 20% of stuff not at all!!

Anyway the day finished on a high - Finners did a poo in the toilet. Which is good news for everyone apart perhaps from me as I’ve got to empty the cassette on Thursday morning!