Rally Topsham Rugby Club 22 - 30 May 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Janine]

Police turned up after 40 minutes wandered around club house and went.
We thought the gate was locked as well and heard 3 or 4 loud bangs, and assumed it was the gate lock being broken?
Hopefully the noise was something else and this could have been the workmen leaving their cars their? Just seemed strange at 2:30, also travellers invaded here for the bank holiday 2 years ago, and they tend to live to a pattern.

Thank you for helping to keep us safe!

 

[carolyn]

Police turned up after 40 minutes wandered around club house and went.
We thought the gate was locked as well and heard 3 or 4 loud bangs, and assumed it was the gate lock being broken?
Hopefully the noise was something else and this could have been the workmen leaving their cars their? Just seemed strange at 2:30, also travellers invaded here for the bank holiday 2 years ago, and they tend to live to a pattern.

Well done. I remember. They did a huge amount of damage to the pitch and the clubhouse.

 

[Carpmart]

Fishing all booked…

 

[carolyn]

Thankyou to Geraldine and Janine for providing the entertainment last night. You are both so talented. It was great fun.

 

[Carpmart]

Nice motorcyle ride out with Mr Mousy today.

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[petenshirley]

Police turned up after 40 minutes wandered around club house and went.
We thought the gate was locked as well and heard 3 or 4 loud bangs, and assumed it was the gate lock being broken?
Hopefully the noise was something else and this could have been the workmen leaving their cars their? Just seemed strange at 2:30, also travellers invaded here for the bank holiday 2 years ago, and they tend to live to a pattern.

Thank you Wh05apk
for following this through, we didnt hear anything. I put the electric bollards up at 2235 after the meeting in the clubhouse finished.

 

[Barti Ddu]

Trip out to Dartmoor. Train to Newton Abbot and then met an old friend who gave us a tour up onto the moors. Climbed up to Laughter Tor, and finished up with a well deserved cream tea.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

We ventured into Exeter , and joined a Council Redcoat tour of the churches and catacombs. 90 minutes ,and very interesting.

 

[David and Sally]

Trip out to Dartmoor. Train to Newton Abbot and then met an old friend who gave us a tour up onto the moors. Climbed up to Laughter Tor, and finished up with a well deserved cream tea.
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Jam on top I hope. The Devon way.

 

[Carpmart]

Jam on top I hope. The Devon way.

Oh please… everyone knows it’s jam then cream. End of debate! Full stop!

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[David and Sally]

Oh please… everyone knows it’s jam then cream. End of debate! Full stop!

That’s in Cornwall. Do you want to start a war over the Tamar? Like who invented the pasty. Families have fallen out over it.

 

[carolyn]

That’s in Cornwall. Do you want to start a war over the Tamar? Like who invented the pasty. Families have fallen out over it.

You’re not here so we don’t care what you think. Jam first and then cream, has to be clotted

 

[David and Sally]

You’re not here so we don’t care what you think. Jam first and then cream, has to be clotted

But I am in Devon so can always pop over and swap it over

 

[Barti Ddu]

Oh dear. Have I started something?! Perhaps the cream or jam debate needs adding to the list of verboten subjects on MHF.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Jam first then cream ,the other way round the jam falls off and the cream gets squished.

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[cliffanger]

We cycled to Exeter Quay today. Parked the bikes up and had a wander, before cycling back up to The Turf for Cheesy chips.

On our way - anyone up for a project?

We stopped at Topsham ferry, and I was trying to point out Mr ‘Spoon’s house …

Which was fine until the ferryman saw my flailing arm and thought we were summoning him - he was half way across the river before we realised, so we turned the bikes round and beat a hasty retreat!

We had a lovely afternoon chat with Dawn and Martin, before they went to meet friends, and we went to the bar for the quiz.

The infamous ‘Shirley’s Pointless Quiz’ was its usual quiet, sedate wander through the alphabet and Cities/Food/Gifts - carolyn played a blinder for us with ‘R’ by giving her children the gift of rabies vaccines

Fortunately for us, no-one else had such adventurous children who went to far flung places on their Hollibobs!

For Harvey ….

It comes out every month

And, also for Harvey,

Sung by COLDPLAY -not Chris Martin, COLDPLAY!

The chocolate bar was lush - thank you very much

Well, another lovely day spent at Topsham - we’re all having a blast!

 

[cliffanger]

Trip out to Dartmoor. Train to Newton Abbot and then met an old friend who gave us a tour up onto the moors. Climbed up to Laughter Tor, and finished up with a well deserved cream tea.
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Looks like you had a lovely day! Gorgeous photos.

 

[Carpmart]

Anyone offer any assistance with opening the barrier to the car park? The bollards are up! Is there a code or something?

 

[philann]

Jam first then cream ,the other way round the jam falls off and the cream gets squished.

Proper clotted cream is thick and spreads like butter, so should go on first and then topped with jam

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

We had a trip down the river on the Stuart cruise boats ,a little cool this morning but an interesting trip, then a walk around Exmouth bumping into funsters falling out of the local weatherspoons. ( do they do breathalysers for bike riders? )
A train trip back along the banks of the river, bumping into more funsters just outside the railway crossing.

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[Carpmart]

The inaugural Topsham Mackerel Fishing Expedition starts @11.15 (sharp) tomorrow morning at the back of my Motorhome…

Geraldine (thanks Ger) and I will drive the lucky participants over to Exmouth Marina (see below for the departure point) MaidinDevon is taking three over there and meeting us at the boat.

The boat departs at 12.15 and it’s a two hour trip. The company is Exe Fishing (part of Stuart Line). It’s booked under my name Harvey Longden and is for nine of us. I would suggest sun cream and water is taken. It’s an open deck boat so you may need warmish clothing too.

Ger - Pier Head car park looks a good option.

 

[cliffanger]

Well, what a glorious day it’s been here in sunny Devon!

I had my usual 36 minutes with Handsome Julio in my Quest, followed by breakfast, and then a cycle trip with the Mousy ‘s into Exmouth. It really is a lovely cycle ride from Topsham to Exmouth, passing by the Marines Training Camp at Lympstone where there’s always a chance of eyeing up the commandos making the obstacle course look easy!

We headed straight for a drink at Spoons, and met Jimbohorlicks Jim and Lynn on our way out - you can always be sure of meeting a fellow Funster in Spoons!

We couldn’t hang around as lunch was waiting at The Swan, Lympstone and very nice it was too! BLT with chips and salad - delicious!

We cycled back and chilled before a barby and another strumming session in the shelter - another perfect day!

Saturday tomorrow - fishing (for some), charity shops, coffee and cake (for me) two hours peace and quiet (for Cliff ) and more sunshine - life doesn’t get any better than this!

 

[Wombles]

Another lovely, sunny beach day - took the scenic train trip to Dawlish & found a very good deli for lunch followed by a bit of a walk around the town with it's black swans then along to Dawlish Warren for the evening train trip back. Enjoyed the music from afar as we made a late dinner

 

[carolyn]

Here’s a photo of the expanding funster group concentrating very hard as Marylou was “very fast” according to Geraldine.

We went by train to Teignmouth and found a lovely cafe for lunch. Obviously coffee and cake was involved as well !

 

[Carpmart]

Funsters fishing pics…

The last one shows a few slightly green Funsters. . Let’s put it delicately and say several saw their breakfast more than once!

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[Jimbohorlicks]

Fish pictures?

 

[Janine]

I admired the sea from dry land at Budleigh Salterton

 

[Barti Ddu]

Fish pictures?

Teach a man to fish ............. (correction - teach a man to find the nearest chippy on Google Maps........)!

 

[Carpmart]

Fish pictures?

Funny man!!

 

[cliffanger]

No fish for them, no charity buys, one cappuccino and a sausage roll for me, but a lovely morning was had by all, or nearly all, and even those who emerged from the trip ‘sans petit dejeuner’ were glad to have had the experience!

We had a really chilled afternoon sitting in the sunshine, before heading to The Passage House Inn for dinner.

It was packed with lots of revellers outside having a jolly time, apparently playing the game of who could transport a coin the furthest between their bum cheeks before dropping it into a glass - and there was I thinking Topsham was the new Salcombe!

Not sure the pastel linen, collar up shirt and deck shoe brigade were very impressed, but Mousy Dawn couldn’t keep away from the window to follow the coin’s progress!

Fun and games tomorrow - Boules, Mölkky and Course d'oeufs et de cuillères - how European are we!

Still enjoying a wonderful rally at Topsham!

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