Meanwhile back in Woolacombe

The weather this last week has been So good…..we really aren’t used to all this, where are the grey skies?

I sound cynical, yes, but we so often find that the weather leading up to the school summer holidays is lovely and sunny - the second the schools close, the weather promptly changes to Wet and Windy!  This season, I have been proved wrong, admittedly I will say there have been a few ‘gloomy’ days, but overall we have enjoyed sunshine.

With this glorious weather, come the Grockles (* Grockles = Devon nickname for the Tourists/Holiday makers)…….in their HOARDES!   A good thing for the businesses, they bring their purses/wallets down here, and certainly the businesses need it.  

Here’s a short video-clip Graham took from the other day, to show you just how packed the beach was….

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One highly popular business is the Barricade Beach Cafe (for want of a better word, it's a Curry Hut on that arrives each Summer).  People have a choice of set menu curries, then go and sit on the beach to enjoy.  The queue the other day was quite long…. (yes, that's the curry hut queue)

(here's a link to their Facebook page)

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A much needed break

 With a last minute holiday booking, a deal we couldn’t say no to, we jetted off to Lanzarote. 

Okay, we happened to choose the very week the UK had a heatwave itself, but I have to say, blissfully the hotel we stayed at was excellent and better still had air conditioning…..ahhhh the relief.

Of course I took my sketchbook and gouache paints with me.  Over the week, I actually only sketched 3 scenes, but so nice to be painting something and somewhere different. 

View from the esplanade in Papagayo, this shows a small part of the hotel

View from our hotel room….we were so lucky, large balcony too.

We drove up the coast one day and stopped to look around shops, and Yes, the beach had to get a sketch.

I had intended to do more sketching, but it was a holiday for relaxing, so we enjoyed the swimming pools at the hotel.

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