Dawlish Warren

Great pics & blog Sue,looks a bit too cold for me , love the ponies..i am sure i have been there many years ago..:o)

This brings back memories! I grew up in Exmouth and we often came over to Dawlish Warren for afternoons (my Dad had a small motor boat).
The green shrub is a tree lupin of some sort

those ponies are lovely,
my mum lives not so far from exmouth.

Joanella Thank you It was very cold but bracing:)

Andrewr Glad we could bring the memores back for you and now you say the leaf looks like a lupin it dose,Thank you:)

Sticki Where abouts dose she live ? :)

Budleigh. Not that far!?

It's nice to get about in the winter. You can get depressed in the house all the time. Nice to see the nature reserve and horses. I think that shrub is a tree lupin. I used to have one in the garden once. They like good drainage, which it would get on a sand dune ..

How lovely to have so many Devon delights only a few miles away .. it looks wonderful, even in dreary weather !

Beautiful blog, Sue. Well done ...:o)

Do love your days out Sue, I`ve never visited your part of the country so really enjoy all your blogs and the photo`s are really good, giving me a yearning, lol...

Here's a useful fact for anyone playing 'Trivial Pursuits" - Budleigh has the highest percentage of the population that are pensioners of any town in the UK.
When I was at school, we used to call it "God's Waiting Room!"

A memory jerker for me as well, Sue ... we took a holiday to Dawlish when the children were small enough to share a double buggy ... had a meal in a hotel where the dining room had fabulous views out to sea ... wonder if the hotel is still there ..........
Andrew, I always thought that was along the road from me in Worthing! ... :o)

Shirley - I though the railway had the best view of the sea in Dawlish.
At one time in Budleigh, pensioners made up two thirds of the population - I don't think even Worthing can match that

Andrew ... I have found some photos from our holiday to Dawlish in 1985 and the hotel was on a hill above the beach ... I'll get daughter to scan it then perhaps you will recognise it from the view! ..... Apparently Worthing now has a 43% 'over 65's' population so it must be turning into a town for the younger person now! . . . . .

Sticki, From Dawlish, Budleigh would be about 16- 18 miles.

Hywel, thank you we try and get out most days.

Terratoonie, Yes we know we are very lucky where we live.

Lincslass, You must try to visit the West country, its fab .

Andrewr, we call Devon Gods Waiting roomHehe.

Shirley Tulip,What was the Hotel called?.

Hmm .... I have no idea, Sue as it was back in '85 and we were on a budget chalet holiday at the time! ... Just fancied lunch somewhere a bit 'posh' I think ... :o)

Shirley - did you have an imaginary friend when you were a small child? Mine was 'Cousin Hoppy from Dawlish' - don't ask me why, I've no idea

Did you lead a sheltered life, Andrew?! ... I have no memory of an imaginary friend ... I was a very shy child ... the perfect target for bullies ... :o(