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We spent a lovely few days in Dartmouth. Lucky with the weather we had a wooden cabin with a view over the dart and a family of seagulls waiting for their fledgling to leave them perched on the roof below us. Had forgotten how noisy and big these birds are.

Walking, eating and drinking with  a bit of shopping was undertaken and even a foot dip in the water. One thing we couldn't get over was the amount of dogs either on holiday or living in Dartmouth they were everywhere so I got my dog fix while away.

Now back to real life farmer J is busy cutting hay and I'm busy contemplating what I must do first. Gite cleaning was first and now I must try to find the veggies amongst the weeds that have grown so well.

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