help please - Croyde Bay Photo
We have visited Croyde Bay almost ten times over the years as a family, it is somewhere very special to us that feels like a home away from home.
Unfortunately, in 2023, we had a house fire (through no fault of our own) and lost nearly everything. We had lived there for 20 years, so you can only imagine how many of our belongings were lost. Only a small amount could be salvaged, many things had to be disposed of due to asbestos contamination as our home was built in the 70s. The ceiling was damaged during the fire causing the asbestos contamination throughout most of the house.
We unfortunately lost our sweet sweet cat as well which was/is heartbreaking to this day. Our only luck was that through some miracle our dog, only 5 months old at the time, made a full recovery after resuscitation once rescued my by stepdad from the house. CPR by my mum, use of an animal oxygen mask and treatment at the Blue Cross all saved her life.
During one of our visits to Croyde Bay, my mum purchased a canvas. It is a photograph of the view of the road on the hill as you come round the corner into Croyde from inside a wave, I’m guessing taken by a surfer. This was one of the items lost in the fire.
This may have been purchased from the shop at Ruda or one of the many stores in Croyde Village or Braunton.
I have tried to search for who took the photo via photographers/artists in the area, stock image websites and reverse image searching too. I haven’t had any luck at all so far. I would love to be able to buy a replacement or just have the knowledge of who took the photo.
If you recognise this photo or know who took it,I would greatly appreciate if you could share this with me.
Apologies for the quality, it has been slightly edited due to the smoke damage that came from the room where the fire was ablaze.
Thank you.