Not down here it doesn't. Even away from the towns, with the growth in
surfing & other watersports, many places are booked 35-40 weeks of the
year.

Watersports and the like haven't really hit off around here except with the
locals. And surfing itself is only a practical in the winter time and again
only the locals seem to take part as the best surfing is always to be had on
the north coast.

Apart from the Sandy Bay and Ladram Bay caravan parks, there is very little
holiday development in East Devon. So we seem to have escaped the longer
holiday season down here.

A few trips over the last couple of years to the Salcombe area of Devon for
a bit of coastal walking has imprinted on my mind that it has been turned
into a 'water-sports' playground with most housing in these resorts having
been bought as holiday homes. There is no peace along the coastline there
anymore when the weather is good, not from walkers but from the constant
sound of power boats and jet skis being driven at crazy speeds in and out of
the coves and inlets.
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk