After a rather challenging couple of weeks, and with another huge week ahead, I decided to treat myself to a long weekend… beginning with a day out with a wonderful girlfriend…
So, it was off first to Exeter on the train…
…not a bad view from the train…
…delicious sustenance to provide energy for our day…
So, after a very successful day of shopping, it was off to somewhere lovely for late lunch / early dinner…
Coombe Cellars is situated on the banks of an old smugglers’ cove – and was soooooooo lovely, I want to live here!
…and the food was magnificent!
The perfect way to start my long weekend… Next – tomorrow it is off on a sailing trip on a Victorian sailing ship!
~ Bella

After a lovely night in Derbyshire, I set out under a veeeery strange sky toward Highclere Castle, home of the famous Downton Abbey. The sun was an eerie red colour through the clouds - and at one point, the whole sky turned an unusual colour - well, unusual for the…

You know me, I love anything Victorian/Edwardian - and I love anything boat/water related... So, this weekend I combined those two passions and spent the entire weekend away on "Pilgrim", a glorious small tall ship that was built in 1895! Walking along beside Brixham Harbour, it is wonderful to ponder…