Ilkeston Cam on Holiday
w/e 21 July 2024
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300 or a
Galaxy S20 Mobile Phone.
Part 01 - Paignton
At the beginning of July 2024 we had a few days away on the English
Riviera in Torbay. We were based in Paignton but also visited
a few places in the surrounding area.
We'd estimated our journey to Paignton to take about five hours
allowing for stops for our traditional second breakfast and also
a lunch break. What we hadn't allowed for was a "police
incident" plus accidents on the M5 near Bristol which caused
the closure of part of the motorway. After leaving the motorway
at the first opportunity, the diversion took us through the narrow
lanes of Somerset which were also busy with late departures from
the Glastonbury Festival so our actual journey time was almost
doubled.
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We arrived at our apartment in the late afternoon, unloaded our
luggage and took in the view from our bedroom window. There are
far worse places to wake up to every morning.
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From the balcony the views were outstanding from the rocky cliff
face of Roundham Head on the left ....
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.... across Torbay to Brixham and Berry Head ....
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.... over the beach huts lining Goodrington Sands .....
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.... to the boating lake in Goodrington Park on the right.
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It was equally impressive as the lights came on as the sun began
to set.
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The next day we headed into Paignton for a leisurely walk along
the main street lined with a mixture of national chain stores
and local independent shops and tourist attractions.
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A familiar sight to anyone visiting Paignton will be the railway
station right in the middle of the town. Steam trains also run
from here to Kingswear and although we didn't see one this year
we did hear them and see smoke rising above the trees several
times as they passed close to our accommodation in Goodrington.
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The level crossing gates opened and closed several times too
whilst we were in the vicinity but eventually we crossed the
lines to walk down to the sea front.
Continued in Part 02 - Paignton Seafront
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