#babbacombe

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Cheerilee is among the flowers at Babbacombe.

In Devon, England.

[mellygregs]

Babbacombe Bay.

Torquay, Devon, U.K.

July 2023.

IPhoneSE

[sitting-on-me-bum]

'Crack rock blenny'(Taken in Babbacombe, England)

by Tony Reed

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023

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5am

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[historicalshenanigans]

Oscar Wilde Anecdote #78

So Oscar and Bosie were holidaying at Babbacombe, and while Bosie’s tutor Dodgson was away, Oscar was supposedly tutoring Bosie in his place. During this time, Wilde wrote out the rules of ‘Babbacombe School’, which I find infinitely hilarious:

“Headmaster - Mr Oscar Wilde

Second Master - Mr Campbell Dodgson

Boys - Lord Alfred Douglas

Rules.

Tea for masters and boys at 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast at 10:30.

Work. 11:30-12:30.

At 12:30 Sherry and biscuits for headmaster and boys (the second master objects to this).

12:40-1:30. Work.

1:30. Lunch.

2:30-4:30. Compulsory hide-and-seek for headmaster.

5. Tea for headmaster and second master, brandy and soda (not to exceed seven) for boys.

6-7. Work.

7:30. Dinner, with compulsory champagne.

8:30-12. Écarté, limited to five-guinea points.

12-1:30. Compulsory reading in bed. Any boy found disobeying this rule will be immediately woken up.

At the conclusion of the term the headmaster will be presented with a silver inkstand, the second master with a pencil-case, as a token of esteem, by the boys."

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Misty Blue is admiring the bluebells at Babbacombe.

In Devon, England.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Tempest Shadow is admiring the flowers.

In Babbacombe, in Devon, England.