A Few Days in Devon - Part 2

Before returning home last Friday we went to visit Greenway an NT property between Paignton and Brixham.  We had to decide beforehand how we wanted to get there (you can arrive by heritage train service or by ferry from Kingswear) but in the end went for going by car and booking our place in the car park as parking is limited there.  Greenway House was the home of Agatha Christie whose plots for her books were written there.

It is a very scenic place as the grounds are above the River Dart with views to the small village of Dittisham looking up the river and Kingswear looking towards the coast.  There are some steep paths but worth going for the views if not the house.

There is a  camellia garden in the grounds and the shrubs are just about passing over now, but rhododendrons and azaleas are just coming into flower giving some lovely colour to the grounds

View across the River Dart to. Dittisham

 View looking towards Kingswear 

Greenway House

 Above is the only photo I took in the house!  I just loved the mirror in the library and reflected in it is part of a frieze painted by a US Coastguard captain is reflected in this (see the link here, which give you the history of the frieze). The mirror wouldn't look out of place in a modern house.  The family collected a lot of pottery, china and glass and there were cabinets of all sorts of curiosities which were fascinating.

After a walk around the gardens it was soon time to be revived by cake and coffee (as you do - would be rude not to!)

We had a brief stop at Exmouth and enjoyed the sunshine and ice cream although the weather was really sunny it was really cold, but some brave people enjoyed the beach.

I almost forgot to share my fabric souvenir of our trip away.  There is a wool/fabric shop in Totnes which had just the loveliest seagulls ever.  They look so stylish in their Breton shirts and hats.