{"id":12450,"date":"2023-11-10T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12450"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:12:44","slug":"hope-cove-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12450","title":{"rendered":"Hope Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s a much nicer day today, so we\u2019re off to nearby Hope Cove for a walk. Hope Cove is a tiny fishing village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-1024x663.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-1024x663.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-1536x994.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166-463x300.jpeg 463w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_7166.jpeg 1787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two nice beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-1024x654.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-1024x654.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-768x490.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-1536x981.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-2048x1307.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4027-470x300.jpeg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-1024x646.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-1024x646.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-768x484.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-1536x969.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-2048x1292.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4028-476x300.jpeg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Old thatched cottages add to the charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-1024x699.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-1024x699.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-1536x1049.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-2048x1398.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4029-439x300.jpeg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiny St Clements church overlooking the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-1024x726.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-1024x726.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-300x213.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-768x544.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-1536x1088.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-2048x1451.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4030-423x300.jpeg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Distant views to Thurlstone and Bigbury Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4031-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4031-1024x687.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4031-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, 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src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4040-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an appeal going on in the village for funds to repair the sea wall. It was certainly getting a battering today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-1024x670.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-1024x670.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-768x502.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-1536x1005.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-2048x1340.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4038-459x300.jpeg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in Salcombe this afternoon, we came across the yacht &#8216;Island Spirit&#8217;. I did my skipper\u2019s training on this boat many years ago. Jane and Jennifer came along and we had a great week sailing along the coast of Devon and Cornwall. You can read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/salcombe2008\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-1536x1096.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-2048x1461.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4041-420x300.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>And as I write this, a cruising yacht enters the harbour to moor at Whitestrand, just as we did on Island Spirit, all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-1024x664.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-1536x996.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-2048x1328.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4043-463x300.jpeg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner at the Crab Shed later, which is always a treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a much nicer day today, so we\u2019re off to nearby Hope Cove for a walk. Hope Cove is a tiny fishing village. There are two nice beaches. Old thatched cottages add to the charm. 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