Breakfast was in a sun lounge that looked out at fields and woods. Each morning there were brown cows in the field whose fence was only a few feet from the window.
On the Saturday we decided to visit Barrington Court (NT) near Ilminster, a Tudor manor house with a garden inspired by Gertrude Jekyll. In spite of the damp there were quite a few visitors but we did not see much of the gardens.
Barrington Court
The weather was much drier on Sunday so we went into Lyme. There was a lifeboat rescue display just in front of the beach, so we sat in a pleasant harbourside cafe while the rescue went on. First a lifeboat man volunteer was dropped by a large buoy to which he hung for several minutes. The lifeboat then went back 'rescue' him, but the wind & waves made this very difficult. Eventually he seemed to drop back into the sea from where he was 'rescued'. This was all a few hundred yards out, so was difficult to see.
After a good lunch in the town we drove to Park Farm. There were many cars parked in a field by the road gate. A passenger trailer towed by a tractor took us down a slope to the farm buildings. There was a helpful gardener working in a walled fruit & veg garden, and we bought an 'organic' ice-cream in a building by the farm. The farmhouse had been restored, and other new buildings constructed, so much money had been outlaid on this project. Further up we walked by a cow tethered for all of us to view (with her keeper), pigs, goats and other animals in pens. We got quite muddy feet, so were glad to finally drive home.
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