Thursday - Saturday 6th June

We headed off towards Topsham and we had a reasonable distance to go. We decided not to try to see much as we wanted to get there at a reasonable time. We got lost through a few places as usual and arrived in Topsham around 2.15.
Sheila, Owen's cousin, was working till 5.30 but Ted made us most welcome and after getting settled we went walking. It was a great walk and we would never have seen much of Topsham if we had gone through it on our own. It is a lovely village or town as it has a town hall. It is very old like most of England. Some cobbled streets. It is a very desirable area to live in and hard to get into. We went to see where Sheila worked and then she met us at the pub after work. It was so pleasant and just lovely weather. Ted has lived here on and off most of his life and was very knowledgable. It is so much better not having to concentrate on where you are going and just being led.
Next day Sheila had to work again in the afternoon so we went to a rather large farm shop etc to have a look and spend. Then we dropped Sheila off and Ted took us to Exeter Catheral. Another WOW and it was free this week and also had displays from schools and it was wonderful and there was so much to see there. We then went driving around down the coast a bit. It was a lovely day, weather near perfect. A cornish pastie for lunch at Dawlish and off again to Torquay. A lovely afternoon and saw lots we wouldn't have seen.

Saturday saw us head off to Dartmoor and the moors but unfortunately the weather was not good and we did not see a lot even though we drove lots. We went to Castle Drogo and from then on it rained quite heavily and we couldn't see it at it's best and both Ted and Sheila were very disappointed. We stopped at the House of Marbles which has been converted to a shop with lots of goodies, marbles being one of them, and watched a guy make a colourful glass plate. That was interesting.
After that we headed for Exmouth and again the rain made it hard to see it well. We then went for Fish and Chips and home for an early evening. It's still raining. Would love to send some your way.
Well better get off now. Hopefully we will get something fixed with our computer soon.
We are both well but tired.