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This trip was planned back at the end of June as we both had so much leave that we had to use or lose. About 2 weeks ago we came very close to cancelling (everything was refundable) as neither of us had even got to the stage of eating in a restaurant yet
It was booked as a Mon-Fri break, 2 nights in Padstow and 2 nights on Dartmoor however after going to OH's on Friday we both had no desire to wait around at home until Monday and decided to add another night to break to the first leg of the journey.

Sunday late morning we drove to Kilve beach in the Quantocks and had a cream tea at Chantry Tea Rooms. (Covid comments: outside seating only, well organised ordering and queuing)



Kilve Beach was beautiful - OH is a bit of a fossil geek so was in his element



It's on the south west coastal path so popular with walkers



Home for the night was the Ancient Mariner in Nether Stowey. They have a separate accommodation block at the rear of the pub with decent sized rooms with a wet room.



It's a quaint village that dates back to the c17th and is home to Coleridge House






The accommodation block



We'd booked a table in the pub for dinner - felt quite strange to be "out" again (covid comment : tables well spaced out, airy restaurant with good ventilation). Typical pub grub, nothing special



The plan for Monday was a leisurely drive along the coast to Padstow via the valley of Rocks (more fossils!) but as we had a few hours head start thanks to the impromptu stay last night we went to Watchet first.



It has links to the coal trade in South Wales and a picturesque harbour



.. As well as a few statues 😁



We had lunch in a village tea shop (covid comment :we got shouted at for not waiting for the table to be sanitised before we headed in - oops☺️, track and trace details were requested, tables spaced at 1m, shops all restricted numbers and had lots of signage re masks/sanitising ).


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