PRETTY CLOVELLY

Clovelly, a pretty, privately owned village, is a very picturesque tangle of slate roofed cottages tumbling down the side of a very steep cliff to a tiny harbour. 




Pretty white cottages line the cobbled laneway that splits the village in half.

Rona and Terry (friends from Australia ) joined us for the day on our visit.

When this was a busy fishing village in the 19th century, donkeys with sleds were used to haul the catch up the side of the hill. They still have the donkeys there today and of course they are popular for the usual tourist photography.

Terry and Tony managed to walk the whole distance down to the harbour wall but Rona and I ran out of puff /decided we had gone far enough and could see everything from where we were with 50 metres to go.

The climb back to the car was very steep, but with plenty of rest stops with the background of this lovely village, the walk didn’t seem too punishing.

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On the way back to Lynton we stopped at a large thatched roof pub called The Hoops Inn for a cream tea.

We found out that Sir Walter Raleigh and legendry seafarers used to drink here.
Of course we had to ask the owner, a lovely lady , where Sir Walter used to sit.





Amongst a lot of laughter and banter she pointed out this high backed chair which Terry and Tony proceeded to have their photos taken in !





I wonder if she guessed we came from Australia?


Cheers.