Bobbie and I stayed at the Croyde Bay Unison holiday resort, which is owned by the UK trade union Unison. My human is a member of Unison. Humans don’t have to be members of Unison to stay here but Unison members get a discount.

We stayed in a hotel room, which was very comfortable with a small kitchen area too (we forgot to photograph the kitchen)

Before setting off to explore the area we enjoyed buns on the little terrace outside the room.

We didn’t have to walk far to the beach. There was a gate leading from the holiday park to the sand dunes, and after a short walk we could see the sea.

After another short walk we were on the beach, which is sandy and quite large, especially when the tide is out.

The sun was going down making our shadows very long.

It is quite fun walking along coastpaths and Bobbie was keen to experience a coastal walk so we set off towards the next beach along, Saunton Sands.

The beautiful veiw of Saunton sands soon came into sight, so we stopped for a little while to admire it.

When we finally got there, after walking about 2 miles, we found some delightful brightly painted beach huts.

We liked this one best, it looks like it would be good for bears.

We didn’t stay long as needed to get back to Croyde before dark. We rescued a lost bear on the way back https://horacethealresfordbear.com/2025/04/14/rescuing-sandy-the-story-of-a-lost-bear/ and then stopped to watch the sunset, which was set right over Lundy Island. I visited Lundy last year on The Waverley, which I blogged about here: https://horacethealresfordbear.com/2024/06/11/paddle-steaming-to-lundy-island-on-ps-waverley

Before retiring to bed that evening my human created some interesting supper for us; crispbreads spread with nutella and topped with a malteser, with banana. Very yummy.

The following day we were up early to explore the beach and rock pools.

There are lifeguards on Croyde Beach in the main holiday season, which had just begun as it was the start of the Easter school holidays when we visited. Croyde Bay is excellent for surfing though the waves weren’t very big while we were there.

We set off to explore the rock pools…

Rock pools are fascinating as they contain sea creatures that get left behind when the tide goes out. The limpets, periwinkles, cockles and mussels that live on the rocks all shut themselves up tightly when the tide goes out to stop themselves drying out.

While peering into this pool to see a tiny fish we both fell in. My human rescued us quite quickly and we continued exploring with wet clothes for a short while.

The early spring sun felt pleasantly warm, so we sunbathed for just a short while to dry off.

That evening the humans cooked us a jolly good meal by using a pasta sauce and some pasta and rocket. Sometimes simple meals are the best.

It was only a short break that went by very quickly so the next morning it was time to go home. We had a ride on the trolley to the carpark.

I really enjoyed our break, and hope to visit again in the not too distant future.

Information about the holiday resort: https://www.croydeunison.co.uk/

Horace the Alresford Bear 13/4/2025