You know you’re from Devon when….

We found an amusing blog post the other day, and thought we’d post it here. It focused on “You know when you’re from Devon when…” As the Sandskater crew are from Devon, a lot of it rang true for us But seriously, we really aren’t all inbreds - it’s just the Totnes lot you have to watch out for (joke!!)

Take a look and see how much you agree with the list, and if you’re not from Devon, then have a good chuckle at our expense!!

You know you’re from Devon when:

1. You’ve bought stationery at Trago Mills…
2. You think Exeter’s a big city…
3. You can tell sheep from goats…
4. You know why to avoid Totnes (and Brixham)…
5. You think London’s ‘up north’…
6. You know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Joss Stone…
7. The smell of cow shit makes you feel at home…
8. Everywhere else in the UK feels cold…
9. You have a friend who lives on a farm…
10. You live on a farm…
11. You learnt to drive in a field or on a beach…
12. You live in a cottage…
13. Your home has a thatched roof…
14. You’ve been stuck behind a stupid tourist on a country lane…
15. You saw the total eclipse in ‘99…
16. Your local newspaper’s lead story is ‘cow falls off bridge’…
17. You turned to drink, drugs or heavy metal at an early age…
18. You know the best sledging to be had is at Haytor…
19. Your friends say you sound like a farmer…
20. You have nothing to do after 5:30pm…
21. You think pink wellies are a fashion statement…
22. You know ‘Cornish’ pasties are actually from Devon…
23. You know how to walk over a cattle grid…
24. You want to know who came up with ‘take moor care’…
25. You know all about ‘letterboxing’ (but wish you didn’t)…
26. You watch ‘Spotlight’ (and know Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang )…
27. ‘Small and choppy on the North coast’ makes total sense to you…
28. You think nothing of grass growing in the middle of the road…
29. Your town is ‘the gem of south Devon’ or ‘the English Riviera’ despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary…
30. You think a barn dance is a wild night out…
31. Until you went on holiday, the tallest building you had ever seen was Debenhams in Exeter…
32. You’ve reversed for 3 miles when you met a stubborn tourist on a country lane…
33. It takes you 4 times longer to drive anywhere between May and September…
34. You carry an umbrella everywhere even when it’s 35 degrees (because it WILL start to hail randomly)…
35. You’re a closet fan of The Wurzels…
36. Your second cousin is also your sister’s stepmother…
37. Your neighbours’ average age is 76…
38. Your best friend goes joyriding in tractors…
39. Your parents regularly thanked God for Crealy Country Park and Woodlands…
40. Your teachers regularly thanked God for Paignton Zoo, Buckfast Abbey and the legendary House of Marbles…
41. You can’t stand the grockles, despite living off their money…
42. You thought it was normal for more than 50% of your high street’s shops to be operated by charities…
43. Everyone you meet has been on holiday to your home town - no wonder it’s so busy in summer
44. Someone once ran past you clutching a burning barrel of tar