After I met new friends in the village of Babbacombe, we decided to find the beach. According to our map, the west beach at Babbacombe allows dogs. The village is on a cliff, and the beach is below but there is a road down to the doggie beach, the car park is very small though. We were lucky and we found a car park space. The beach is lovely red sand and we played there for about an hour, we also walked along the cliff to the section of the beach at the bottom of the Cliff Railway that is NOT dog friendly. When I got back to the doggie section I decided this was the nicest part of the beach anyway, and I rolled in the sand. You can see me in the picture, then I shook the sand all over Mum. She laughed, that shows she was in Holiday mood ….

When I arrived in Devon my first stop was a Cider Farm, where Mum and Dad wanted to try the English Wine and Cider. They were not very impressed with Jack Ratt Cider but they loved the Lyme Bay Ginger Wine, so Mum bought a bottle for my Nan. Then we continued to our first hotel, the very Dog Friendly Hillcroft Hotel in Torquay. The owners are called Stuart and Karen, and they are very kind to dogs who come to stay at the hotel. They found us a suite with polished wooden floors so there was no carpet to pick up annoying bits of dog hair. This is a picture of our living room, where I ate my meals. There was plenty of room for my dog bed in the main bedroom and - this is really cool - the big wooden bed was so high that I could run underneath instead of walking round the bed. This really confused Mum and Dad, it was the closest I get to playing. Stuart said he quite liked hearing me bark in the mornings when I was ready to go for a walk, and they told us about all the best dog beaches in the area too. There are also two good pubs for dogs in Torquay, and we visited both of course - they are the Hole in the Wall and the Devon Arms.

We spent a great time exploring South Devon. I had a really lovely time in Totnes. All the shops were dog friendly and lots of shops had dog bowls outside, so I drank my fill from all of them because it was a sunny day. Then we found Chudleigh Bangers in Totnes market, Mum and Dad tried the Dartmoor Jack cheese, as well as some curry sauces which they pronounced ‘excellent’ but I was more interested in the Chudleigh sausages, which tasted fab. How do I know? The nice lady gave Mum half a sausage for me that had ‘fallen on the floor’, but she still made me sit for it. Then Dad begged to taste the Chudleigh Bangers and he said they were ‘amazing’.

Today I went to visit my Nan and we went to Littlehampton Beach. There is a smart new trendy cafe that has opened on the East beach and everyone is takling about the design - see what you think. Mum and I had our photo taken outside the cafe, but when we wanted tea we actually went to the Putting Green Cafe - they welcome dogs inside and outside. We sat inside because the sun was quite strong, and Mum said how nice it is to relax inside a cafe with your dog. I was not the only dog - there was a grey Miniature Schnauzer having tea with his family as well. Top marks to this dog friendly cafe.

Good news for lovers of the best beaches in England - Dogs will soon be allowed on some Cornwall beaches in the Helston and Lizard area. Until now the ban was 24hours a day between Easter and the end of September: in future we dogs will be able to go on the beaches after 7pm. The same district is going to ban dogs from all children’s play areas, that seems fair enough to me. I can’t get on the swings anyway.

Mum has been checking a lot of dog friendly hotels in the UK, and you might want to read about the hotels that she found. We are going to stay in Devon and we have found a hotel that gives every dog a goodie bag when they check in. There are some excellent dog friendly hotels in Devon near the beaches and we are looking forward to our stay. Mum and Dad also wanted hotels with WiFi internet access and they were quite surprised at how many doggie hotels in Devon offer free internet access as well. We have found two really good dog friendly hotels that let the humans play with their laptops, so everyone is happy.