When your back yard feels like this at 9 am and the sea is just 5 minutes away it would be silly not to swap.

Of course even at 9 am the swim zone is busy, but the steps to this aquatic spot are a little bit concealed.

I can’t say we had this to ourselves, maybe 20 or so people found their way here in the hour or so it took for two separate swims and dog care in the shade.  Seeking shade at 10am is the behaviour of holidays, not quite normal for our tiny part of Devon. Long may it last.