Beer

Not the drink, but the Devon fishing village.

 

Lovely photos Zigs , cracking little seaside village Beer . I was there in the early eighties , looks pretty much the same.

 

Nice there. Been twice, both times it was raining/cold.

 

Not much has changed apart from the old Beer road falling into the sea.

 

Call me ignorant but I have never heard of this town before. Imagine saying "I live in Beer..." - sounds like an alcoholic's confession!

 

"Where are you?" "I'm in Beer."
The possibilities are endless....

 

They still got those long rubber mats on the beach? (like gym mats from school days), looks like some in 2nd pic.

I once found a £20 note outside the Barrel o' Beer

Isn't there some metrological instrument located in this garden near the beach? It was most probably made by my Father.

 

Didn't see one, but I wasn't looking for one

 

There's normally a good view of Beer Head from the garden of The Anchor Inn on a good day

The Anchor Inn, Beer



Beer Head

 

Great shots Zigs! Taken from Wiki below......

The name is not derived from the drink, but from the old Anglo-Saxon word "bearu" ("grove"), referring to the original forestation that surrounded the town.

 

Very nice Zigs, the last time i was down there i were only 10/11, just a few years ago

Went out fishing in one of them boats with a small engine on the back

 

We were in Beer for week when our daughter was young and went out in one of those self drive hire boats. It's worth taking a small rod out with you with some spinners/feathers (rather than using the spinner on handline supplied).

 

All we use was a line with half a dozen hooks and some tin foil and good gloves