Spectacular South Sands Hotel

Celebrating doesn't get much better than this. With things to celebrate we headed for the coast ... well 1 mile from QuerQuay is the sea but we decided to go 15 miles further south to Salcombe. Having done so we end up being in a slightly different world. Dartmouth can be 'posh' but this is seriously 'POSH' attracting the Chelsea crowd. It has often been said that if you are in search of a prince or princess (for real) walk the narrow and historic streets of Salcombe!

 Location, location, location

We end up at South Sands Hotel for a day and a night. It is beautiful, designed with a stylish boat house in mind this is a glamourous place to be. It exudes style, Devon Style. Gorgeous rooms in seaside blues and greys, ensuites that make you feel like a star, best of all views over South Sands. Sat here writing a blog I have the french windows open and I'm devouring the sound of the incoming tide.

Ambiance


As soon as we arrive we trot down the beach to watch the sun go down in the north then head back and snuggle up to read The Sunday Times in front of the fire. Perfect!

Dinner at the Beachside Restaurant Bolt Head was a treat, simply prepared crab salad washed down with a modest red. Menus here are designed by Mitch Tonks, celebratory chef of The Seahorse, Dartmouth

Warmth and style

Tranquil SettingWaking in the morning to the sound of lapping waves, seagull cries as they follow the trawlers and ducks with not a care in the world, has a soporific impact. Great start to any day. Looking forward to tucking into breakfast we wandered down to find other  'soporific' folk :)

It is difficult t make breakfast more splendid than other hotels ... SSH know how to do it! It's simple, it's organic and delicious. Very impressive. Best of all - a table overlooks the incoming tide and the sunrise highlights the gulls and ducks as they 'play' just above the waves. It's tranquil.

Sorry to leave but a stroll around Salcombe calls! Not before a few more images are taken I hastened to add.

Art at SSH

Art at SSH is inspiring and reflects the scenes and climate in the South Hams that is so loved. Photographers, painters, sculptors and the celebrated Dartmouth Architectural Artist, Paul Barclay - exhibit here. 


Paul Barclay Designs  based in Dartmouth, has a wonderful selection of yacht branded lifestyle products. A gallery that is well worth visiting. Paul's unique style illustrates luxury yachts from around the world. In fact you don't have to own that yacht to feel the lifestyle ... one of Paul's illustrations help give your home that feeling of seaside luxury.

Love The Coast Exhibition

LOVE THE COAST - Exhibition by Carole Hart-Fletcher
Here's the catalogue for Love The Coast Exhibition @ Flavel Art Centre. Click here to see it large!.

'A must - see exhibition from a local photographic artist that  manages to cater for all tastes, from boats and fishing to landscapes and buildings, from bright colours to black and white.  Somehow, Carole's photographs are always greater than the sum of the parts as she manages to squeeze a feeling and interpretation from the subjects that is often unexpected and startling.' ..... Martin Judd

Love The Coast is a collection of coastal images presented in a mixture of media: canvas giclees, canvas's, stow pics, acrylics, cards and framed photographs. The the quality of the light in Devon and Cornwall is much brighter than other places in the UK making them ideal places for artists and photographers. Carole has tried to capture this in her images.

'What impressed us was the variety in Carole’s work. The images of the Devon coast were captured in a stunning mix of both landscape views and close up objects. Equally good were the mixture of materials used to capture the images.' .... Jeremy Wilson

The Exhibition runs from 6 to 20 February 2011 and is sponsored by D'ART Gallery, Dartmouth.

'The photographs in the Love The Coast exhibition make you take a closer look at the beauty in your surroundings' .... Adrian Hurst

These two link take you some of the featured work :

Love The Coast Exhibition

Stow Pics

The exhibition also launches a Photographic Competition for Kids

'In her first photography exhibition, Carole Hart-Fletcher takes the familiar and makes it remarkable. Here are things I look at every day without seeing them. It is Carole who picks up the detail and brings it into focus - mooring ropes swathed in seaweed garlands at Bayards Cove, a cormorant relishing the morning sunshine as it warms the Dart, the first glimmers of daylight as Blackpool Sands awakens on a summer's day. Whether it's the architecture of Norway, the domes of Venice or the rippling sand of Lannacombe, Carole is drawn to the coast and her beautiful photographs capture the variety of scenes to be found in that most fluid of landscapes, where the land meets the sea.' ...Heather Long - Editor and PR

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