General Chat

Hi Dawnie :):) Hi Ellan :):)

Dawnie :) A Devonian with Cornish Connections, you dont get more West Country then that :):)

It is certainly one of those places where I have always felt I belonged. It took me to find genealogy to find out I to had ancestors from Barnstaple way. I had always felt the connection but no one living today could make it fit :)

my hubby is a devonian from Teignmouth but not lived there for years and now his Gran has died we dont go down like we used to but he feels so 'at home' there.

His other grandparents were from Bovey Tracey so he knows that well too, last time we went down was just the two of us and had a lovely weekend in Bovey and Teignmouth he was like a little boy again.

If we ever get the chance are sure we will retire down there or if we win the lottery will buy a holiday place down there as well.

Mind you he was shocked when I found out his grans family were from Cornwall.

Dawnie x

Hi Laura :):)

Im as far down in Hampshire as you can go really without getting wet, right on the south coast in Gosport. I have water almost three quarters of the way around me a few minutes away on every side, although I cannot see it without going a few streets away :)

I have never actually stopped in Oakhampton itself although passed through :)

Barnstaple Panier Market I have visited a few times now , its a lovely place with a nice atmosphere about it :)

Aw thanks Colin thats really sweet!
out of interest where in Hampshire are you? my dad lives in Basingstoke, and I love it there.
Barnstaple is a good place to go shopping if you are in the area!

Anyone been to Okehampton?

L xxx

Hi Laura :)

I have just spotted your message on the Introduce Yourself Thread :):) I thought I might start a Thread here, Hope you dont mind :)

I have had a love of the West country for many years now, North Devon is a place I have visited many times, Barnstaple, Bideford, Ilfracombe, is normally our base for all round visits if we are staying longer then a few days, Sidmouth if we are down there for a weekend etc

On the Cornwall side we generally stay around St Austell way because its fairly easy to go in all directions from there :)