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Westward Ho! August 2015

Tuesday, September 08, 2015


A few weeks ago I went on holiday with my family to Westward Ho! in Devon (fun fact: it's the only place in England with an ! in it's name). Even though the weather was shocking and we had to come home a day early I had a good time. I made a short video of my time and you can watch it here.

The first day was a travelling day so I didn't do a lot then as I ended up going to sleep twice in the five hour journey down. Obviously we had to stop for Starbuck's to recharge ourselves and get ready for another few hours sitting in the same position. The sun was absolutely beautiful and when we went to Asda for food the first thing I bought was a 5 Seconds of Summer poster which isn't really a souvenir, I just liked it.

The second day was also so sunny that I actually got a tan, even though it is a very light one! We went to the beach for a small amount of time. The beach was half rocky at the top but as you get closer to the sea when the tide is out it's very sandy. I actually went in the sea in a bikini which I haven't done in at least two years! The males in our group went on the go karts for a bit before we walked around a bit and then went back to the campsite. After a shower we went on a walk through hilly terrains to the pebbly beach near to the site. I suspect this was when I got most of my tan as the wind make you not feel the warm rays of the sun. When we got back to the campsite we ate dinner and then we got a fire basket from reception and roasted marshmallows on it with chocolate digestives to create smores.

The third day was when the weather took a turn for the worse. Due to the rain we went to Beude and in to Beude Castle. We looked in the art gallery which held Sue Read's work, I bought a card of one of her paintings. The rest of the castle had historical exhibits about sailors and other things, we then went to the cafe which was really nice! Afterwards we went to the Gnome Reserve which I went to three or four years ago, we only ever seem to go in the rain! We all had to wear gnome hats and I bought my second pot gnome. We had lunch at a restaurant to get out of the rain before going back to the campsite and playing pontoon late at night in out tent.

The next day the weather seemed to pick up again and we went to Clovelly, it was my second time going but it's still really pretty. The streets are all cobbles and it's just a hill so it's really easy to slip, especially in the rain! We went down to the harbour and then walked across the pebbly beach to the small waterfall. My mum ended up convincing me to go in the waterfall and to the other side of it to take some 'arty' pictures of the water droplets falling and colliding with the rocks. Some are a bit blurry but I still like them, We then had to walk all of the way up the hill and back to car park and because of the hot weather and exercise we were all boiling and sweating which is not nice.

(I lost a load of writing from here on so I'm just summarising what I said in to shorter sentences.)

We didn't do a lot the next day except go to a chip shop, eat chips on the beach and walk for a bit. They day after was actually went home and it was actually so sunny!

I hope you enjoyed this post, there was more writing but I lost it!!