Easter Week in North Devon Day 5

Back to improved weather and more churches on Easter Monday. Another early Gothic church in the pretty village of Mortehoe which is recorded in the Norman Domesday Book . . .

. . . early 20th century mosaics in the chancel arch in memory of a member of the congregation . . .

. . . and the tomb of William de Tracy, who died in 1322.

Mortehoe Point the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean. . .

. . . looking south across Woolacombe Bay to Baggy Point.

Braunton Church has Saxon foundations, with Norman features overlaid with Early Gothic rebuilding, and a graceful spire out of a fairy tale.

The church's ceiling bosses are exceptional with the suckling pig boss the best known.

Bench ends are beautifully carved. Those figures probably lost their faces during the period of iconoclasm that accompanied the Puritan regime of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.

And a tombstone in the churchyard tells a tragic tale of 20th century war.

A walk around the National Trust land on Baggy Point offered beautiful views of the cliffs . . .

. . . and of Croyde Beach . . .

. . .  one of England's favourite surfing beaches.

Baggy Point . . .

. . . with its sheep filled grassy pastures.