We’ve been lucky enough to have three uninterrupted weeks together as a family this summer, the first of which we spent in Devon.
We booked our holiday at Hillhead near Brixham daydreaming about warm sunny days and fun on the beach. It was the end of July after all – peak time for a trip to the coast. The weather didn’t quite turn out as we had hoped but we did get one day by the sea.
We booked our holiday at Hillhead near Brixham daydreaming about warm sunny days and fun on the beach. It was the end of July after all – peak time for a trip to the coast. The weather didn’t quite turn out as we had hoped but we did get one day by the sea.
A short drive from our caravan site was Man Sands, which is looked after by the National Trust. The beach is a 3/4 mile down hill trot from the car park. We left the pram at the car as we weren’t sure of the condition of the path.
I popped Tin Box Baby in her sling and kept an eye on Tin Box Tot while Mr TB acted as pack horse with all our beach clobber. It turns out we could have navigated the path with the pushchair, but it would have been difficult to get over the rocks onto the beach at the bottom.
It was still quite a blustery day so we found the most sheltered spot we could to pitch up our UV tent. Mr TB pegged it down and the covered all edges with large stones to make sure we didn’t blow away. This was Tin Box Baby’s protective bubble where she happily slept and fed throughout our visit.
This was the first proper beach day TBT had had since she was about six-months-old so building sand castles and making dams was all new to her. It was lovely to see her really enjoying all the simple activities that we did as a children.
Mr TB also took her off to look in the rock pools and came across a cave.
Tin Box Dog enjoyed meeting all the other four-legged friends being walked along the coast path. To our embarrassment she spent quite a bit of time chasing other people’s balls. Luckily they also found this amusing.
A part from the odd walker and passing jet ski we had the beach to ourselves all morning and into the early afternoon when other families started to arrive.
The peace, beautiful scenery and good, wholesome family time that we found at Man Sands was our perfect beach day. Especially because it resulted in this.
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Jenny Ripatti-Taylor
Wednesday 26th of August 2015
Devon is such a beautiful place to visit. Looks like you had a lovely time together love the photos. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me. I hope to see you again soon. #sharewithme
Claire Hall - Tin Box Traveller
Sunday 23rd of August 2015
Tin Box Tot would have been happy to spent every day of our holiday there if the weather had allowed. Simple days are often the best.
Claire Hall - Tin Box Traveller
Sunday 23rd of August 2015
We've got family in North Devon so visit quite often. There's so many lovely places to explore. I hope you had a great time.
Claire Hall - Tin Box Traveller
Sunday 23rd of August 2015
Thanks - Mr Tin Box is a bit of a beach camp expert :)
Claire Hall - Tin Box Traveller
Sunday 23rd of August 2015
It's definitely a beach we'd revisit and well worth the effort of getting to it. Thanks for hosting!