Odds and Sods November 2024

I'm running very late for reasons you may have already seen in my other December posts, so here is my very late roundup of randomness from November. This post starts with Totnes Market and mainly features some other Totnesian wonders along with an eclectic Brixhamian mix. These are African style drums on sale in Totnes, which were also being played by a couple of random drum makers. It made for a rhythmical and hypnotic wander around the market.

These are a couple of shots from the stormy seas at Torcross. It has been a stormy few weeks. Only a week later and I was walking on the beach around these rocks to the beach the other side, which you can see in this post Beauty All Around.

In Totnes some murals have now appeared on the pillars under the Town Hall. This one echoes the East Gate of the old town wall.

This interesting piece of wall is one I had driven past many many times and not noticed. It was only when I happened to be on foot on the opposite side of the road that it all became clear. The natural bedrock has been added to with some pleasing stone masonry.

This is a detail of another piece of stone, this time in Brixham. This attractive piece of stone has been moved from its original position to be placed in this memorial to a famous arrival in Brixham harbour on the 5th of November 1688.

There is a clue here on a different memorial also in Brixham as to who arrived here. The clue is in the Dutch inscription, for the man was Dutch. When he stepped ashore his foot landed on the stone above. The entire history of Britain changed at that moment.

Here are some colourful snippets from a nice sunny market day in Totnes.

Just next to the East Gate, and set in to the old town wall, is this Post Box installed when Queen Victoria reigned. Victoria's great great great great great great great great great grandfather was the grandfather of the Dutchman above.

This is Christchurch seen in more detail in this earlier post Gone Fishing.

Here are some assorted colours of Brixham. Brixham will feature in a lot more detail in some later posts of the town and its many steps. I have covered the harbour before in a Brixham series.

I liked the fact that this roadside warning on the left, echoed the narrowing of the gate entrance on the right.

Brixham of course means fresh fish and you can see a lot more of Brixham Fish Market in an earlier post.

This is yet another historical figure that I will mention in my future Brixham series. There are many murals in Brixham

Here is that Dutchman being used as a launchpad by a very disrespectful seagull. This man landed with his army and laid claim to the throne of England. His name was William of Orange, or King William III.

The famous Coffin House of Brixham. For obvious reasons.

And several of these ended up nestling with some black pudding in a frying pan with a knob of butter only a matter of a few hours after I took this photo. They were the best.