Wednesday, September 26 – Wednesday October 3 2018

Wednesday 26th of September we drive via Exmoor down to Lynton in the county of Devon and check in at our holiday cottage.

Halfway through the journey we make a stop in the beautiful town of Exford

We make another stop on Exmoor to look at the famous wild ponies

Friday, September 28 we drive to the nearby harbor town of Lynmouth and take a walk up the beautiful gorge, peaceful now, but where a wall of water cascaded down in 1952 during the famous floods - I'm old enough to remember the headlines in our newspaper, and the pictures I saw on our 12 inch tv screen - yikes, scary !!!!

the nearby harbor town of Lynmouth

Lynmouth's beautiful gorge, peaceful now, where a wall of water 

cascaded down in 1952

Flashback to 1952: the famous floods

Saturday, September 29th we spend the day in Woody Bay where the local steam train fanatics are holding their annual festival and we have a ride on one of their old revived steam trains.

Lois chooses a jar of homemade orange marmalade

On our way back to the holiday cottage, we unfortunately get stuck for an hour in the parking lot together with several other visitors when an accident occurs at the parking lot's entrance. A car collides with a motorcycle and first an ambulance and later a red helicopter arrives to airlift the motorcyclist to the hospital.

Sunday, September 30th we visit a food festival in Lynton Town Hall. We buy a couple of homemade meat pies and some homemade cakes. I also buy a bottle of "Wicked Wolf Exmoor Gin" and a second-hand book about the life of Bror Blixen, the Danish writer Karen Blixen's Swedish husband.

In the afternoon we head over to the beautiful village of Malmsmead, where the plot of the famous novel "Lorna Doone" played out.

Monday, October 1, we drive back down to the nearby harbor town of Lynmouth.

We take the cliff railway up to Lynton and have a cup of coffee at a cafe overlooking the bay. The cliff railway is the highest and steepest water-powered funicular railway in the world.

Then we take the cliff railway back down to Lynmouth.

We eat lunch (fish and chips) at a restaurant that overlooks the cliff railway up to Lynton.

In the evening by coincidence we see a tv programme featuring the selfsame funicular railway: "Four in a Bed", where 4 sets of B&B owners from all over Britain compete to be named "Best value B&B owner of the week. What a coincidence - and what a crazy world we live in !!!

The same cliff railway is on tv the same evening - what madness !!!

Wednesday 3rd of October we return to Cheltenham. Halfway home we make a stop to see Rosemary, Lois' childhood friend and have a cup of tea with her.

Happy days! - these happy days are yours and mine, Lois.

Danish translation

Onsdag den 26. September kører vi via Exmoor ned til Lynton i grevskabet Devon og tjekker ind på vores feriehus.

Halvvejs i rejsen gør vi holdt i den smukke by Exford

Vi gør holdt igen på Exmoor for at se på de berømte vilde ponyer

Fredag den 28 september kører vi til den nærliggende havneby Lynmouth og gør en tur op ad den smukke slugt, rolig nu, men hvor en mur vand flød ned i 1952 under de berømte oversvømmelse – jeg er gammel nok til at huske overskrifterne i vores avis, og de billeder jeg så på vores 12 inch tv-skærm – yikes, skræmmende!!!!

den nærliggende havneby Lynmouth

Lynmouths smukke slugt, rolig nu, hvor en mur vand flød ned i 1952

Tilbageblik til 1952: de berømte oversvømmelser

Lørdag den 29. september tilbringer vi dagen i Woody Bay, hvor de lokale damptog-fanatiker holder deres årlige festival, og vi kører med en af deres gamle genoplivede damptog.

Lois vælger en krukke hjemmelavet appelsinmarmelade

På vej tilbage til feriehuset skal vi desværre sidde fast i en time i parkeringspladsen sammen med flere andre gæster, da en ulykke foregår ved parkeringspladsens indgang. En bil kolliderer med en motorcykel og først en ambulance og senere en rød helikopter ankommer for at tage motorcyklisten til hospitalet.

Søndag den 30. september besøger vi om formiddagen en madfestival i Lyntons byrådhus. Vi køber et par hjemmelavede kødpostejer og nogle hjemmelavede kager. Jeg køber også en flaske ”Wicked Wolf Exmoor Gin” og en antikvarist bog, der handler om livet af Bror Blixen, den danske forfatterinde Karen Blixens svenske ægtemand.

Om eftermiddagen kører vi over til den smukke landsby Malmsmead, hvor plottet af den berømte roman ”Lorna Doone” spillede sig ud.

Mandag den 1. oktober kører vi igen ned til den nærliggende havneby Lynmouth.

Vi tager kabelbanen op til Lynton og drikke en kop kaffe på en café med udsigt over bugten.

Så tager vi kabelbanen tilbage ned til Lynmouth.

Vi spiser frokost (fish and chips) på en restaurant, der har udsigt over kabelbanen.

Onsdag den 3. oktober kører vi tilbage hjem til Cheltenham. Midtvejs gører vi holdt hos Rosemary, Lois’ barndomveninde og drikker en kop te sammen med hende.

Lykkelige dage! – disse lykkelige dage er dine og mine, Lois.