Another of our favourite escapes is Appledore www.appledore.org
Charles Kingsley's 'Little White Fishing Village' across the estuary.
This quaint fishing village nestled on the quayside where the river’s Torridge and Taw meet. Tucked across the river from the Billowing sails of Instow’s sailing club Appledore maintains an old world Devonian charm tempered by a thriving cultural scene. This small fishing village boasts both a Visual Arts and a book festival at different seasons in the year and has a working shipbuilders yard www.appledore-shipbuilders.co.uk. Narrow streets and colourful cottages lead down to the quay where it’s not unusual to come across a troop of performing Morris Men www.tarkamorrismen.org.uk on a balmy summer’s evening. Visit the North Devon Maritime Museum www.devonmuseums.net and then check out the chiming tide and time bell recently commissioned from sculpture and musician Marcus Vergette. This week visit the Appledore and Instow Regatta. Watch the hotly competed salmon boat racing or join in the crab competition down at the Appledore harbour.
By far our favourite is an afternoon spent competing to catch the biggest crab followed a locally produced Hockins Ice-cream – try not to drip it down your t-shirt!
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