Back to Lundy island for a spring visit on the helicopter, it’s been a wet winter and conditions on the Rock reflected those on Exmoor; wet, wet, bog and more wet. There are however, signs that spring is in the air with mild temperatures, daffodils, blackthorn blossom and puffins!
This years accommodation was in the Castle, it was nice to tick off another one of the places to stay on the island making it eight different ones for me, with fifteen to go, however with over 25 stays in Tibbetts it’s hard to move and everything is probably unfairly compared to the old granite Lookout*, (*which incidentally appears on the cover of the new Lundy 2025 calendar). Castle Keep South verdict: Surprisingly warm, spacious bedrooms, lovely big kitchen and as one of the more affordable properties it is an ideal introduction for families and those of us who are skint.
Marisco Castle c.1249
Daff at South Light
View up the East Coast
Mud
Coo
Shenanigans
Landing Bay View
North Light
Low tide
Refuge in the Tavern
It’s only rain
Out and about
Goat mum, goat girl, gonna take you the world.
At last some light, and a monument, and some boys with big pointy things, perfect.
Old Light light
Lesser doesn’t make you less beautiful (Juvenile Lesser Blacked backed Gul)
Shag
Finally, the first Puffins of the year spotted by Mr David Oddy on March 11th, at 3pm in the afternoon during an unusually calm couple of days.
Old Light sunset
What a wonderful trip; got battered but grateful to feel a live .
FUJIFILM.
Thank you.
esterspears 
Posted on March 17, 2024
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