So it was my 32nd birthday this week. I don't feel 32, hopefully I don't look it either! My birthday is usually low key and even more so this year as we were actually travelling back from a holiday in Devon. 10 hours in the car was not fun, we were going to see Stonehenge on the way home but by that point we were all pretty fed up, another time perhaps!
It was a great break and my son enjoyed himself, it was nice for Marcus to see a different part of England as well! It's not hugely different from where we live as we are fortunate to live in a pretty rural area, but it's always nice to see somewhere new.
We stayed in Tavistock, near the Cornwall border, and the place we stayed was the old railway station that had been converted into holiday cottages. We stayed in the old ticketing hall, it still had the original ticket hatch and platform out back. It was built in the 1880's so it had a late victorian feel to it. The town was very pretty although we ran out of time to explore a huge amount of it.
Our days were filled with beaches, ice cream , fish and chips and steam railways :)
I celebrated birthday the following day with Nandos, cake and presents. I got a spa day for The Sanctuary Spa in London, Game of Thrones book, Brian Cox book (you should check him out if you haven't already, he makes science completely understandable and a bit cool ;) Hello Kitty pretties and various bits and pieces!
I'll leave you with some pictures!
It's not a holiday picnic without Mr Kiplings French Fancie cakes!
The old railway station
Tavistock in Devon
Tavistock Church
The original ticket hatch
On the platform
Railway station windows
Beautiful wrought iron work
The platform
The Atlantic Coast Express line
Marcus and I at Wembury beach
The sand in Devon is usually black!
Blackberry and Apple crumble ice cream with crumble pieces, delicious!
Tavistock Church
Sculpture on the side of someone's house
I can haz pink one?
Marcus on the steam train
Bodmin general train station
The steam train that took us on our ride
Birthday presents!
Presents from my mum, she always wraps things so beautifully
Vanilla tray bake with smarties!
2 comments:
Looks like a really cozy vacation. How fun to stay at an old railway station! To bad about the stone henge but it would probably not have been fun if you where tired and fed up :P
You don`t look like your in your 30`s you look more like your in the 20`s so no worries :)
Love the birthday presents. The Game of thrones book is such a pretty one.
Huzzah! I shall remain forever youthful ;P the game of thrones book is fab, now to catch up on seasons 2 and 3! I want to read the books too ^^
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