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Left for Dartmouth today but firstly with a short stopover at Torquay. Looks like a holiday town with arcade games, a ferris wheel and colourful beach huts. Last place we went to like this was Scarborough although Torquay does not compare.
Next stop was Greenway: - Agathie Christie's home on the Dart RIver now owned and operated by the National Trust. First we had a light lunch before checking out the various buildings. Really surprised at the amount of the family's collection; furniture, paintings etc which were left in situ in the house. The house had been lent to the Americans (Coast Guard) during WWII and used as a hospital. The Americans painted a mural on the walls in one of the rooms and Agatha insisted they not be destroyed as they were part of history. It was a really good visit.
From there we continued on down the road, which included a ferry crossing, to Dartmouth. Having checked into the B&B we went down a steep road and many stairs to get into the city. We had a good look around and discovered an ANZAC street and an ANZAC Club. We had dinner at a restaurant on ANZAC street and Bruce decided he would question the waiter on the meaning of ANZAC and why they had a club and street of that name fully expecting him not to know. Well we were obviously not the first Kiwis or Aussies to ack him as this waiter knew about the ANZACs and why the street name. During WWII Dartmouth changed the names of all their streets having German names. ANZAC street used to be called Hanover Street
Too late to do anything after our late dinner so we decided to visit the Castle in the morning.
Next stop was Greenway: - Agathie Christie's home on the Dart RIver now owned and operated by the National Trust. First we had a light lunch before checking out the various buildings. Really surprised at the amount of the family's collection; furniture, paintings etc which were left in situ in the house. The house had been lent to the Americans (Coast Guard) during WWII and used as a hospital. The Americans painted a mural on the walls in one of the rooms and Agatha insisted they not be destroyed as they were part of history. It was a really good visit.
From there we continued on down the road, which included a ferry crossing, to Dartmouth. Having checked into the B&B we went down a steep road and many stairs to get into the city. We had a good look around and discovered an ANZAC street and an ANZAC Club. We had dinner at a restaurant on ANZAC street and Bruce decided he would question the waiter on the meaning of ANZAC and why they had a club and street of that name fully expecting him not to know. Well we were obviously not the first Kiwis or Aussies to ack him as this waiter knew about the ANZACs and why the street name. During WWII Dartmouth changed the names of all their streets having German names. ANZAC street used to be called Hanover Street
Too late to do anything after our late dinner so we decided to visit the Castle in the morning.
- comments
Gael Intrigued that there's no one around!
Gael Very funny and no doubt extremely apt!
Gael Very interesting about ANZAC Street!
Allison Classic!