title A Return to Chagford, Devon - 16th February 2025 intro We're off to Devon for the first time in ages - albeit without Fred who's opted to stay behind and look after Lucy the one-eyed cat - and once again we're taking the electric car. However, this time we're a bit more prepared for the extra time for charging, although it still takes ages as we leave at around 4.15pm and don't arrive at the rented holiday flat right in the centre of Chagford until about 1.20am. On the next day we meet up with Sis and Matt at the Old Forge Café just down the road for a coffee and/or hot chocolate, then we head off to Moretonhampstead to see Grandma J, before an evening in the Globe Inn for a couple of pints. On the day after that, we drive further afield - the having recharged overnight as Chagford actually now has a couple of working chargers in the Health Centre car park - to meet up with Sis and Matt again at Saunton Beach on the North Devon coast, followed by lunch at Squire's fish restaurant on Braunton. And if that wasn't enough food already, we follow it up with a very impressive Sunday roast at the Globe Inn back in Chagford. imgp0205 Harry looks around the shop at Braintree Gridserve imgp0206 Isobel and Harry head back into Gridserve imgp0210 Harry chooses food at Burger King, M3 Fleet South imgp0215 Harry picks his order up at Fleet Services imgp0217 We're in the Old Forge Café in Chagford imgp0218 Matt checks the time imgp0220 Harry reads a book as Sis looks up imgp0221 A Victorian water trough in Chagford imgp0222 Isobel in Astor's Bookshop and Art Materials imgp0223 Isobel and Harry look at books in Astor's imgp0225 Harry sits on a cool 50s chair imgp0226 Isobel in Astor's book shop imgp0227 The Dartmoor Shepherd - nice but expensive imgp0228 The former Spar is now a fancy shop of some sort imgp0230 The octagon in Chagford's main square imgp0231 Harry and Isobel wander past Bowden's imgp0233 We're at the door to the rented flat imgp0234 The balcony looking towards Meldon Hill imgp0237 The flat, up in the roof imgp0238 A view of Chagford from the lounge window imgp0240 The flat has some nice arts-and-crafts touches imgp0244 The Globe Inn on High Street imgp0250 The view up to the Globe Inn and St. Michael's imgp0252 The main street in Moretonhampstead imgp0254 Michael Howard butchers on Court Street imgp0257 The curious Lion House in Moretonhampstead imgp0258 A winged beast on a thatched house imgp0259 The derelict Bell Inn in Moretonhampstead imgp0263 A George Rex post box in a wall imgp0264 The first daffodil of spring imgp0265 Isobel peers into St. Andrew's church imgp0266 A Victorian stained glass window imgp0268 The nave of St. Andrew's imgp0269 The nave window of St. Andrew's imgp0272 Looking back the other way down the nave imgp0274 The impressive Bowring Library imgp0275 Isobel meets a couple of dogs imgp0277 The closed-down Green Man Café in Chagford imgp0278 We meet a cat on Mill Street as we head for a walk imgp0283 Isobel tells the following cat to go away imgp0287 A tributary of the River Teign imgp0289 Isobel on the footpath to Sandy Park imgp0290 An impressive tree over the footpath imgp0292 The river runs wide and still imgp0297 A weir on the river imgp0301 The bridge to Chagford is rather narrow imgp0303 Evidence of some old terracing on a hillside imgp0304 Mill Street is closed off for gas main repairs imgp0306 James Bowden's Moorland Centre in Chagford imgp0308 Sis prepares food in the kitchen at Throwleigh imgp0310 We play a gamer of Rummikub imgp0311 The public bar of the Globe Inn imgp0312 A rocking chair by the fire imgp0313 Harry's had enough again imgp0315 Isobel and Harry in the Globe Inn imgp0317 The lounge of our rented flat imgp0318 Isobel sits out on the balcony imgp0319 The impressive Three Crowns hotel imgp0321 Harry looks back as we walk through the churchyard imgp0324 The churchyard is a carpet of crocuses imgp0325 We're on the beach at Saunton imgp0332 Isobel and Harry on the wide beach at Saunton imgp0335 A stack of logs on the beach imgp0343 Gertie and Doug Dog on the beach imgp0345 Matt with the dogs imgp0349 People on the beach imgp0352 Matt lobs a stick for the dogs to catch imgp0360 Harry's found a big stick imgp0376 The dogs want some of Harry's stick imgp0377 We head off back to the car park imgp0380 Isobel goes "oof" in a café imgp0385 Exeter Road in Braunton imgp0386 Squire's fish restaurant in Braunton imgp0387 Isobel does a bit of crochet after lunch imgp0388 The 1920s building of John Patts imgp0389 Isobel outside Squire's fish restaurant imgp0391 A 1960s telephone exchange imgp0392 The possibly derelict Beacon Garage near Riddlecombe imgp0394 An unusual Red Diesel fuel pump imgp0397 A useful bus shelter where you can't see the bus imgp0398 Harry sits in a rocking chair and glowers imgp0400 Isobel carries on with the crochet triangle imgp0401 Someone's left a skateboard leaning up on the bar imgp0402 Beer pumps on the Globe's bar imgp0403 A random cat in a jar imgp0404 There's another cat on a windowframe imgp0406 We eat an impressive sunday roast