Dad's Birthday
Thursday 2nd September 2021
Took the ferry over to Exmouth in the daytime, then a multi stage feast in the evening, with seafoody starters and English sparkling at Dad's house, then a main course at the pub down the road, then back home again for birthday cake afterwards.
Devon September 2021
John's Pictures

10:16:08
Erika doing something crafty in the morning.

11:01:33
The pier for the ferry across to Exmouth.

11:07:28
The three of us on the ferry.

11:16:55
The ferry's dog.

11:18:40
Out on the water.

11:18:54
Video of the water.

11:20:48
Chie and Erika looking out to sea.

11:21:23
Boats that we passed on the way over.

11:22:17

11:22:24

11:25:02

11:25:55
10 knots.

11:28:55

12:00:27
In Exmouth now, sitting down in one of these shelters, which we later realised are very handy for preventing being dive bombed by hungry seagulls.

12:00:28

12:00:28

12:40:17
Our lunch of chips and cheese, happily protected from the seagulls.

12:41:43
Chie and I shared a large chips and cheese, and also had a couple of battered Quorn sausages - have never seen that at a fish and chip shop before.

12:41:51
The three of us while we were eating our lunch.

12:58:52
Verbena and a bee.

12:58:57

12:59:00

13:19:37
Chie and Erika collecting seashells on the sea shore.

13:19:41

13:19:59
Chie and Erika with their shells.

13:35:50
Erika and her Grandad looking at shells.

13:35:52

13:55:57
Ice cream time.

13:55:58

14:40:02
Heading back to the ferry again now.

14:45:34
Erika on the ferry on the way back.

14:45:38

14:50:11
There seemed to be a second floating cafe thing in the Exe estuary now.

14:51:46
This is the famous Exe River Cafe, which we still haven't made it to.

14:52:37

14:53:52
Approaching Starcross.

15:28:47
Dad had some scaffolding put up this morning and to my surprise while we were sitting around in the lounge he had climbed up onto it.

15:29:09
Dad on the scaffolding.

15:29:13

15:35:42

18:03:57
Stage one of Dad's extended birthday meal - seafood and English sparkling as a starter.

20:34:06
I didn't actually take a photo at the pub during dinner, but here we are back at Dad's house once again with the birthday cake Janie and Erika had made yesterday afternoon.

20:34:14
Dad excited about his birthday cake.

20:34:23
Happy birthday Dad!

20:34:33
A video of Dad blowing out the candles.