Cold Wind form the North

For the last week we have had some really glorious weather down here in Torquay, calm, sunny and perfect for just sitting on the harbour side watching the world go by. Now I have loads of photos taken at ground level of the harbour and the area around but an opportunity came up last week to take some shots from a little higher up. Everything looks different even if it is viewed form only 20 metres higher up.




> This marina extension is full and making lots of money for Torbay Council, by the way.

Sunday the Under 11s (sponsored by Taxi Fast and Stagecoach Devon) played in two matches, the first against Kingsbridge the lost 14 points to 7 in an exciting match that could have gone either way. Kingsbridge were just that bit sharper with their passing. The second game was against a team from Wellington, not a team they play normally so an unknown quantity. An other exciting match, neither side did much passing but Torquay just came out that bit stronger and won 22 to 15.

Iceland and Morrisons have both expressed interest in opening shops in Torquay and at long last someone, a clothes shop I think are moving into the old Dixons site in Union Street so three empty shops opening up again. Just when the rats thought it was safe to desert Torquay it is coming to life again. Also the council have come up with a neat little idea, £1 parking fee for the weekend in their Fleet Street car park. So come on motorists, pay your pound and spend, spend, spend.

An other council idea is the baning of handing out printed material in the town centre. Some times walking down Fleet Street one can spend more time shaking one's head than looking in the shop windows. Many people take these flyers, advertising something it turns out they are not interested in. Spam emails can be got rid of by pressing 'Delete' but a piece of cardboard with the words, 'Diet Coke 2for1 @ Blogs emporium.' is going to end up in a Land Fill site and it doesn't matter if it gets there via a litter bin or the street sweeper, it still isn't needed in the land fill.

Talking of litter bins, this poster is stuck on a bin up near the Pavilion, Some one from Holland is looking for a couple he met here in 1963. So if you met a Dutch couple in the sixties left click on the picture for the telephone number.

And last, I went into the Cider Press, probably the best pub in Torquay, and this bunch of flowers lay on the floor.

Not what I though, no one had died at his favorite drinking hole. It was Mother's Day and some one's son had just nipped to the loo.