Lazy Days

07/06/2024

The grand old lady. Lovingly decorated by Clive yesterday. And in his words:

‘As we settle down for the night, a thought for all those brave men and women who 80 years ago tonight were crossing the channel in rough weather at the commencement of the liberation of Europe. All we can do today is celebrate their actions and commitment to our freedom’

Spotted Paignton Torbay Weekly Devon Live

07/06/2024

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05/06/2024

📌Day out ideas local to Waterside Holiday Park

Palace Theatre Paignton is located a 9-minute drive away (2.3 miles) from Waterside.

A small and friendly South Devon theatre and arts venue with a 380-seat auditorium, café-bar and stage left arts and event space. Managed by Jazz Hands, a Community Interest Company, the theatre hosts a wide range of local and touring companies offering a full and exciting family-friendly programme for South Devon residents and visitors throughout the year.

Come along and share our passion for ballet, opera, touring plays, live tribute bands, musical shows, ‘audience with’ daytime talks and events, variety, comedy and children’s shows. Enjoy a delicious meal with pre-show dining on offer before evening shows at the Palace. Booking is essential and spaces are limited. These are generally served in The Prop Store, a quirky room full of theatre props.

For more information, visit👇https://pulse.ly/itwvvn4gln
(Image used for illustrative purposes.)

05/06/2024

Commemorating D Day with an engine built to support the invasion.

05/08/2023

Sir Nigel Greasley passing by.

12/06/2023

Being extinguished by the railway company.

12/06/2023

A trackside fire awaiting attention.

11/06/2023

No trackside fires today. It's a diesel!

04/06/2023

Lancaster bomber over Braveheart passing by.

04/06/2023

A4 locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley climbs through Torre Station as RAF Red Arrows start their display.
60007 had taken a Charter Train to Kingswear today. This was the train that caused an issue for a few minutes around lunch time when it was overhanging the level crossing...
English Riviera Airshow
Saturday 3rd June 2023

03/06/2023

Braveheart passing by.

25/04/2023

Wise words from Ben Fogle. ❤️
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I failed my exams but exams also failed me. I find it astonishing that in 2023 we are still fixating on exams as the medium of defining peoples intellectual potential and capabilities. As a philosopher once said, ‘everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live it’s entire life believing that it is stupid’
Like a fish. Some people are better at swimming than climbing. Some people have exceptional ability to retain information and regurgitate it under exam conditions. Others fall apart under pressure.
Exams are heavily weighted to perpetuate the continued opportunity of the few not the many.
I have spent a lifetime healing the wounds of my early childhood failings.
Fail enough and eventually you’ll concede to those failings and once you capitulate, they became inevitable.
From there, it’s a slippery slope to self loathing that strips you of your confidence and self esteem.
The wilderness has been my rehabilitation. There is no failure in the wild.
Just life and death.
It is black and white.
The wilderness does not care about race, colour, religion or politics. It is uncomplicated and unforgiving.
This is what makes it so therapeutic. Without the complicated nuances of society, we are empowered to make decisions based on immediate circumstances rather than perception or reputation. Rather than viewing the landscape and those within it as competitors, we see them as collaborators. It seems strange to me that the single hour of pressurised decision making during my A-levels aged 18 affected me more than the split second decision at 8500m on Mount Everest when my oxygen bottle failed aged 46. One was an artificial indicator of supposed ability. The other a split second life or death decision. I only passed one of them…..
……and lived to tell the tale



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23/04/2023

Storm coming.

27/02/2023

This is a honey bee. The pollen on her legs is from dandelions. Her tongue is sticking out due to what killed her that was on the dandelions.
It’s spring, dandelions are the bees first food. This bee is dead from w**d killer spread on what we see as w**ds, but what nature sees as food. Please don’t spray for w**ds until you see the blackberries blooming. In this area, w**ds, flowers and fruit trees are bees only source of food until middle of June. There are FAR more w**ds than flowers or fruit trees, so it's their only food source. No bees, no food crops for us and we all die.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/savingbees

11/02/2023

🛥️🚂 ALL ABOARD! 🛥️🚂

Today is the day we are back in business for the 2023 season & we cannot wait. 💙

Who's visiting us today? We would love to hear from you!

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10/02/2023

10/02/2023

14/01/2023

Most kitchens had one…

14/01/2023

Most kitchens had one….

07/10/2022

It appears that the Waterside Players are performing Sleeping Beauty for panto. The seanery guys are getting on well with the enchanted forest.

06/10/2022

Sunrise over the bay.

14/07/2022

Super moon.

09/07/2022

Britannia and fine dining passing by.

09/07/2022

Some work to do.