Little Devon Adventures: Dawlish Wall

Hello from (sort of) sunny Devon!

We're currently in my childhood holiday destination, Dawlish. Dawlish is a picturesque little town near Exeter, mostly known for its sea wall and the black swans that live in the brook which runs through the town. Even though Devon is only a stone's throw away from Cornwall, I've been especially excited to pop up for a week or two as this will be my last family holiday before I head off to start my Nursing degree in September. I also have a lovely new camera (thank you Alex!) to take lots of pretty photographs for you all on.

I've lost count of how many times we've visited Dawlish over the years and wandered along the seawall, getting sunburnt shoulders and cheeks along the way. The weather has been kind of hit and miss since we got here; one minute it's scorching hot and I've been tying my hair up and peeling off layers, the next we're huddling together in shop doorways sheltering from the pelting rain with soggy toes in our flip flops. The walk from Dawlish Warren to Dawlish town is a pretty, scenic one anyway and I'd love to share some photos of our first walk into town with you ...

I wonder if I'm too big to go on this ride? This lovely little Dumbo ride has replaced the Dodgems we used to go on when I was little. I've always been a bad driver, one time I was driving the dodgem cart me and my brother were in and I somehow managed to crash it into a wall and turn it on its side. We had to be rescued by one of the people that worked on the ride as I sat there apologising and looking embarrassed and my brother screamed like a little girl.

When we were smaller and before Nicky and I became self conscious young adults, we used to set each other little challenges with the winners winning free ice cream courtesy of the 'losing team'. We split ourselves into two teams; me and mum, Nicky and dad, and made up little games to see who would do the silliest things to get a 'toot toot' from the train driver. While Nicky was usually too shy to do anything other than wave sweetly, being the dessert fiend I am, I didn't mind making myself look silly if it meant getting a free ice cream at the end of the walk so I'd make silly faces, wave and jump up and down, dance like a little crazy person or even do the odd 'truffle shuffle'. The second challenge was nearly always who could get to the other side of the wall the quickest. Somehow, Nicky and dad would always beat us which at first baffled us ... before we realised they were cheating by taking a short cut over the bridge and walking along the road at the top of the cliff ...

Cardigan - Yumi // Top - Yumi // Shorts - Levi // Tote bag - White Stuff // Sandals - Yumi

I don't even know what this face is haha! I've been very kindly assisted by mum with taking some of the photos you're looking at here. I think she loves my new camera as much as I do! It's a Canon 100d which I thoroughly recommend for a amateur photographer/blogger like me. I'm sure mum won't mind me saying that's she's a bit of a technophobe, but even she has said this camera is so easy to use. I love the touch screen which allows you to accurately select what it is you want to focus on and I think my first batch of photos have turned out pretty lovely!