Our drive to Devon took us down the A303 and having spent years driving by, we thought this time we would stop and see the new visitor centre, especially as it is free to National Trust members. The building is unobtrusive but smart with an engaging museum and we then took the five minute ride on the shuttle to the stones.
From the A303, it usually looks busy with a constant ring of visitors encircling the stones, but it was a quiet morning and we got a few good photos despite the grey day. It was more atmospheric than I’d expected and I even managed a photo without people! Cornish pasties in the cafe were very tasty and then we drove on.
Dartmouth was somewhat grey when we arrived, but we had a warm welcome from Jonathan at Hill View House where we have a good size room overlooking the street. A ten minute walk took us to the centre of town where we checked out the restaurants, saw a giraffe out for a breathe of air …
… and had a wander down to the riverfront with views across the River Dart to Kingswear.
We also spotted the Old Custom House which was used as the Coroner’s office in a tv series of the same name and even the bench outside where they ate fish and chips!
We chose Taylor’s for dinner where the very stylish first floor restaurant overlooks all the twinkling lights of the harbour.
We enjoyed a fabulous dinner of prawn and crab tian and halibut for me and beetroot with goats cheese followed by aubergine and mushroom tart for Chris after which we were too replete for desert!
Off Travelling Together 