Watery Fowls.

Wednesday 4th May 2016 - Bishopsteignton.

Here is a late photo of our quiz team mates, Steve and Elaine, and our prizes!

I woke up still bathed in glory from the quiz last night, we were also bathed in sunshine too.  We set up the table outside and had breakfast in the sun.  I must have been delirious because I had Christmas marmalade on my toast this morning.

It will be followed by Easter eggs and carol singing around the bonfire!  Am I loosing my grip on reality?

Without much of a plan we started cycling through Kingsteignton and on to Newton Abbot.

This is St Leonard's Church Tower.  The actual church got pulled down a long time ago but the important historical fact is that the stone pillar in front of the tower is the spot that the first declaration of the Glorious Revolution  was issued in 1688.  I can see blank looks on many of your faces, thinking, what was the Glorious Revolution?  Well here goes.....in 1688 Prince William of Orange arrived at Brixham with his small army to claim the British throne from King James the second.  William was a Protestant and had been invited by several important nobles to come to Britain and take the crown and protect the nation (and the people) from the despotism of James' Catholicism.  The declaration read by a clergyman at Newton Abbot established local support for William who successfully defeated James and became joint monarch with his wife Mary.  Coincidentally there is a monument to the Glorious Revolution at Castle Howe in Kendal - another thing that not many people know.

On a whim we decided to carry on cycling to Torquay and arrived around lunchtime.  We decided to have our first Devon Cream Tea at the Torre Abbey Cafe.  

Torre Abbey and

We sat outside for our Cream Tea.  We have been told that the difference between a Devon and a Cornish Cream Tea is that the jam goes on top of the cream in Devon and it's the other way around in Cornwall.  So, we had half a scone the Devon way and half the Cornish way.  Guess what....they taste exactly the same.  The location of the tea room was superb!

I think we saw Torquay at its best, sunny but not too busy.

Whilst in the town we thought about Fawlty Towers but saw no-one whipping their Morris Minor with a branch or running around with duck a l'orange on a silver platter; and for those of you wanting a sea view, the sea is the grey wobbly stuff between the land and the sky (sorry not an exact quote but I'm doing my best)!  I thought today's blog title may prompt someone to try a different anagram of Fawlty Towers!  I was careful to chose something that didn't cause offence.  

Whilst I was in town I was caught looking for new blog material.........

On the way back we passed Newton Abbot racecourse whilst a meeting was in progress.  We considered having a bit of a flutter but since it was late afternoon and it cost £12 each to get in it was good 'each way' bet that we weren't going to bother.

We are moving on again tomorrow to see some friends from Grange who are on holiday down here.  More tomorrow.