Our friends from Taunton Judith and John were arriving at 11:30 this morning so we weren't in a rush to go anywhere. Once again it had rained overnight and carried on through the morning. The Bentleys arrived on the dot at 11:30. We gave them a cup of coffee and showed them around the resort, which they seemed impressed with. We decided to go to a pub for lunch and the girl in reception recommended the the Devil's Stone in the tiny village of Shebbear. It was a lovely old 16th century pub run by an eastender. John and Judith kindly shouted us lunch. There was little to do in that area so we drove on convoy to the seaside town of Appledore which lies at the mouth of the River Taw once again the tide was out and half the boats were lying in the mud. We were lucky the Bentleys were with us because we would not have found it. The old village consists of tiny fisherman's and boatbuilder's cottages all freshly painted in pastel colours, many of them with superb estuary views. We had a final drink with Judith and John in the Royal George Hotel before heading to our respective homes. We are planning to eat ate the Royal George tomorrow night to sample some fresh fish. Tonight we are having pasties and apple pie with clotted cream from Lizzie's Larder, at home.
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