Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

After WW2 Flete House in Devon was a nursing home. This is where I was born. At the time we lived in a council house.

 This hamlet is near where I grew up as a child.

Going back very many centuries (mid 1500s) I can trace my family history continuously to Hope Cove in South Devon.  It is probable that one...

Last week I went by train to see my brother in Devon. For several miles, the track hugs the coast near Dawlish and Teignmouth and the views ...

  This is near where I come from in South Devon. In the distance is Bolt Tail with an Iron Age fort. One of my ancestors probably helped man...

Until I left university, I lived in South Devon, not far from where the photo was taken. I have definitely been hereabouts since the mid 150...

Kingsbridge is where I lived as a teenager.  Most of the shops are on a steep hill. One of these is Donovan's that sells mainly furnitur...

The weekend before last my brother in Devon had his church fete in the grounds of this fine house shown in the photo. It is called Bowringsl...

All being well, I hope to travel to South Devon tomorrow by train to see my brother. My wife is staying here. I am coming back on Monday.  T...

This photo shows where I lived as a young child. At the time we just took it for granted. Salcombe is in the distance on the left. Much late...

This is Blackpool Sands in Devon (not THAT Blackpool!!). It’s near where I come from in South Devon.  It is a private beach with restricted ...

This is where I grew up and lived until I got a job in Cambridge. It is still very beautiful.  This is Bolberry Down.

My birthplace and where I lived as a child and teenager was in South Devon. We can trace our family back to the mid 1500s continuously in a ...

The photo shows where I come from in South Devon. As mentioned before we can trace our family history here continuously back to the mid 1500...

This photo was taken in 2012 and shows me in Bolberry Down in Devon.

This very old engraving shows Kingsbridge, Devon as it was over 200 years ago.  Although it has changed quite a bit, the main town is still ...

Sadly I am too old these days to do this walk, or even short stretches of it. I have walked many parts of it in South Devon, and as you migh...

This photo of where I come from in Devon was on social media a little while ago. This not actually an estuary. It is actually a ria, a drown...

  This is where I come from in South Devon. This unspoilt area is known as the South Hams.

This photo was posted on the internet yesterday and shows where I come from in South Devon. Salcombe is left and this shows the Kingsbridge ...