Camping in Devon

This weekend we went with two of our friends to Devon camping for the weekend, and it was amaaaazingly beautiful. I can't stop thinking about how much fun we had first because we hadn't seen our friends in a while (ok, we did see them the weekend before, but before THAT we hadn't seen them in ages it seemed). And second because I just. Needed. A. Break. From computers, and the office, and everything that is routine and concrete and everyday life.

We went back to a campsite we had visited before together in Doone Valley called Cloud Farm. It is run by such a nice family and they welcomed us again this time with the same cheeriness. One of the best things about Cloud Farm is that it's on the edge of Exmoor National Park and is separated by a really pretty stream. After lots of nesting and deciding we set up our tents all cosy next to the stream in the first picture, got our barbeque started, and started toasting marshmallows! Yum :-)

The next morning when we woke, we drove over to Porlock Beach. It was so beautiful and the weather was gorgeous. I couldn't believe all of the rocks on the beach. They made such a funny sound when you walked over them. Being my usual crafty self I couldn't help but pinch a few pebbles to take home a decorate. Ian (being less of a wimp than me) just went ahead and picked up a massive rock and carried it back to the car. New Devon door stop sorted. :-)

On Sunday we discovered this really beautiful secret garden in the back of a hotel called Luttrell Arms in Yarn Market, Dunster Village. We had woken up late on Sunday morning, packed all of our things back into our car, and went to this village in search of a Sunday roast. It was the BEST Sunday Roast I've ever had in my life!! It was so delicious it was unbelievable. And then my friend Megan asked if we'd seen the secret garden, and we crept back through the courtyard of this beautiful old building and came across this outside patio area covered in flowers. Soooooo beautiful!!!!**** 

I was so very sad to come home, even though we had planned to stay a third night but were huddled around the fire on Saturday night shivering! It was so strange for it to be so hot during the day (we actually got sunburned!) and then to be so so cold at night. I do love the countryside, and everything about it and the cosiness of making a home out in a little nook of nature.