Supporting Salcombe Town Regatta
Salcombe Town Regatta is an annual fund-raising event and many local charities rely on the success of this week-long fun-filled entertainment to refill the coffers.
It’s timed to coincide with one of the busiest periods in the town. Almost all the holiday homes will be occupied and local campsites too. It’s also the time when residents find friends and family want to visit us.
There’s a packed programme of events for all ages. We look forward especially to the firework display on Thursday 10 August, when we’ll be dining in the Chart room of the Salcombe Yacht Club, among friends from the Salcombe Players Amateur Dramatic group, and marvelling at the sky, full of lights as in the featured image above.
How am I supporting Salcombe Town Regatta?
To support Salcombe Town Regatta, I will be setting up shop (gazebo!) in Island Street on Sunday 6 August, and in Whitestrand on Monday 7 August, selling my fine art greetings cards.
There will all 59 designs on sale, selected from the 135 original paintings I’ve completed in the past decade. Nearly all of them show local scenes that I love.
Why am I supporting Salcombe Town Regatta?
I’ve been visiting Salcombe since I was 9. My parent brought me across from EastPortlemouth and I immediately loved Salcombe as a holiday venue.
For decades I visited Salcombe, staying in rented accommodation and hotels and I dreamt of retiring in Salcombe. Eventually, I became a second-home owner, buying a lock and go flat at Great Gates, in 1997. Then, in 2006, I moved to Salcombe permanently. The flat proved too small as a permanent residence and Anne and I now live in our forever home at the top of Bonfire Hill, looking down over the church and across the ria to the hills beyond.
So, why am I supporting Salcombe Town Regatta? Because Salcombe is now my home …
Such stunning views – perfect for an artist…
The view from the flat in Great Gates was of the beaches: Fishermans Cove, Smalls Beach and Mill Bay.
Low Tide at Fisherman’s Cove
Baltic Exchange III
Tranquility
The view from Beacon House is also stunning! Sunrise or sunset, the rise and fall of the tide provides an ever-changing vista.
South Pool Sunrise
Dawn at South Pool Creek
Gullet Plantation
Affordable art in support of Salcombe Town Regatta
All of these images – and many many more depicting your favourite views of Salcombe – are available as fine art greetings cards. They will be on sale – £2 each, 3 for a fiver – in support of Salcombe Town Regatta on Sunday and Monday.
I look forward to meeting you at Salcombe Town Regatta, and am praying for fine weather!
For more information about the Salcombe Town Regatta, visit their Facebook page.
