The forecast for the Easter weekend according to the Met Office could not have been worse, unless you lived in Scotland. As can oftenhappen the forecast was wrong and on the whole the weekend was good, at Lobb Fields we had glorious sunny days Friday and Sunday with rain only on Saturday afternoon. However the sea and wind were great for surfing and kite surfing.
Many of the visitors over the weekend were participants and organisers of a 3 day Orienteering event; two of the those days were held in Braunton Burrows and thus Lobb Fields was the ideal base. The feedback from the competitors was very positive and everyone enjoyed the competition, although there were many comments on the extremely muddy conditions on the Saturday.
Lobb Field held a children's Easter Egg competition, children were invited to decorate a boiled egg in their own unique style. The competition proved a great success with over 20 children entering their decorated eggs. Thinking caps on for the next competition?????
Some of the wonderful eggs on display
Reece Parkard with his Rolo Easter egg; he won 2nd prize
The Veal, Lewis and Davis children
The Veal, Lewis and Davis children all won chocolate prizes for their fine efforts
Tom Maskell, the proud winner
And some of the others at Lobb who were too old for the Easter egg competition!
Dave Rich Mark and Adrian had a great day surfing
Flacky and Stuart mulling over whether to chill out or go for a chilly surf
Niamh, and Harrison with their with their Dad Julian out for a stroll with Baxter
Rich just back from the surf
Simon, Dennis and Alistair loading the car to go surfing
Simon, Dennis and Alistair getting ready to go to the big waves
Simon securing the gazebo
The Walsh family here for the orienteering event; a great day in great mud!