We set off to spend my birthday at Swiss Cottage in Milton Abbot, Devon, a lovely Landmark place. We drove to Weston Super Mare, stopping for an average lunch of fish and chips, followed by a walk along the front.

We explored the Helicopter museum nearby. It is the largest in the world apparently, with 58 old helicopters dating back to the first one ever built in 1936. Andrew really enjoyed it,  I did too, but found it a very sad place a graveyard of lovely old helicopters, which will never fly in the sun again.

We arrived at Swiss Cottage at 7pm. It is utterly beautiful and the view is stunning, breathtaking, one of the most spectacular we have ever seen. The River Tamar and the whole valley set out below us. It looks just like a rainforest from up here. The strange mists and the sun are changing the scenery by the minute and Andrew�s camera is working overtime! We love this place already.

The chalet is made of wood and is on three floors. The ground floor has the kitchen and  spare bedroom. There is a stone wall surrounding the outside of the chalet which is very handy to sit out on and look at the view, eat, drink etc. a table is conveniently placed out here. The middle floor, which is the living room and a large hallway has a balcony right the way around it. The bedroom and bathroom are on the top floor, the roof is so low up here that even I manage to bump my head on the beams whenever I come upstairs!  There is a strange noise up here, Andrew identified it as the squirrels scampering up and down the walls and on the roof - brilliant, I love squirrels.  I think we will spend most of our time up here. We ate dinner outside sitting on the wall, a nice bottle of wine accompanied it. Afterwards we just watched the view changing till the sun set.

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