We’d booked a couple of days off work and had a few things planned, one was a day just bimbling around, record shops, lunch, that sort of thing. Another was a proper walk somewhere, and finally some sanding on a dark stained dresser. The sanding took 2 of those days, and still isn’t finished, although we have broken the back of the work. The walk was around north Dartmoor and will be in a future post, and the bimbling day was here, in Brixham, the south part of Torbay. Famous as a fishing port, Brixham in places does look a little tired but its a lovely walk around the quayside and out to the long harbour pier. You can walk further to Berry Head, but we didn’t fancy that as we wanted to have a look around the record shop. Another advantage of coming to these places at this time of year is the parking prices, which tend to be cut considerably in the winter months, as they were here. A lovely day out with my favourite girl and some good shopping for records, one of my favourite pastimes.
Starting off by the 1/3 sized model of the Golden Hind, moored here in Brixham harbour. Famous for taking Sir Francis Drake around the worldThe walk begins as we walk out along the pier, and taking the photos as we head back. That’s Torbay stretching out beyond the pierThe lighthouse at the end of the pierTorquay across Torbay, the barely visible island to the right is Thatcher’s Rock (no not because of that one)Its a fairly long pier this one, Berry Head off to the left probably isn’t much further than walking out to the lighthouse behind meInto the sun, Brixham harbourLinda is ready for the walk back and a mooch in the record shop here.Looks partly sepia looking into the sun across the harbourBrixham is also famous for the being the location where the American troops set off for Utah beach as part of the D Day landings. The slipway here was built in May 1943 to enable training exercises first, before being used famously on 6th June 1944Boats in the harbourThey have a festival of Christmas lights here in Brixham, and they also have a number of these gardens kept by the local people for the area.Final shot as we reach the main part of the harbour, nothing too strenuous today, and enjoyable walk in the sun around a lovely harbour. A perfect day off work.
My daughter worked as a ranger at Berryhead nature reserve a few years ago so we often visited Brixham, lovely little town and harbour
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I’d say it is probably the nicest town of the Torbay 3
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Looks like a beautiful coastal town.
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Very pretty little harbour and not too far to walk to get out to some rough coastal walking as well
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The harbour is lovely. I like walking around harbours and watching boats coming in and out.
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That’s one hell of a breakwater – had to look it up on the map!
Really must get around to exploring South Devon, don’t know it at all
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I’d forgotten how long it was as I’ve not been for maybe 10 years
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