Storm Damage and Spring - Enjoy a Slice of Devon with this Hand-Picked Selection of Photos

A curated selection from my personal photos

Mar 04, 2026

Hello there,

It’s definitely feeling as if spring is in the air in Devon, and here’s a hand-picked collection from my personal photos.

The storms seem to have finally abated, and we greet each rain-free day as if it were some kind of miracle. Some parts of the UK, I hear, have experienced 40 days of rain, so we’re a short step away from building an ark. Living as we do halfway up the side of a valley we were in no danger of flooding, but the main road to our village was out of action for a while, and the run off from the fields has played havoc with the lanes - there’s almost more pothole than tarmac.

So one way or another, we are very glad to herald the spring, and a walk in any part of the Devon countryside or coast in spring is a fine thing indeed.

I hope you enjoy the photos - there will be more very soon.

Captions

From left to right, top to bottom:

Primulas are sprouting like mad here in Devon. These were in the Parke Estate, the headquarters of the Dartmoor National Park.

Two photos taken along the seafront at Teignmouth on the Devon coast, the first to show the view, the second to show that the the sturdy stainless steel rails have been bent by recent storms (view the full photo on a computer or in the app to see properly).

Then there’s the poor old pier which now has a bit missing from the end. The front part, housing a world of flashing and bleeping machines (i.e. an amusement arcade) is still open for business.

Whole sections of the seafront have been damaged by the storms, and I assume the slabs were ripped up. The popular area for kids to use their skateboards and scooters was flooded and closed.

Mrs C and me enjoying a stroll by the sea and the spring sunshine.