Gearing up for a great summer - only a few weeks in April and May left now, and then Devon Beach Court is booked solid until mid September!

In addition to a whole week of deep (very deep) spring cleaning, we've replaced all the curtains in the apartment and laid new flooring in the hall.

The daffodils are in full bloom, the first primroses are beginning to line the hedgerows and we've been cutting grass now for about 3-weeks.

We're not the only one's readying ourselves for summer. In Woolacombe, the Red Barn has been sprucing itself up with a new mural by a local artist (no doubt he'll be on free pasties for the season),  replacing the mural that has been in place for 14 years.

Artist Conor Wilson says "This is the biggest single picture I have painted and it relied on using different layers of paint to achieve the realistic effect of the wave. I based the painting on the classic surfing image of Gerry Lopez surfing the pipeline in Hawaii in 1973."