The weather looked distinctly changeable this morning, but we thought we might get lucky if we avoided the coastline. We were the only passengers on the ferry to East Portlemouth.
Deserted beach at Mill Bay.
Lovely old cottages at West Prawle.
Our walk takes us across a lot of farmland as we head north away from the coast.
Quite steep in places!
Our route. About 7 miles.
Everyone was wrong about the weather. We had the ferry to ourselves again on the way back.
It’s a beautiful day, so we buy crab sandwiches from the fishmonger and set off for a walk around Snapes Point. It’s about 5 miles.
Views.
Lots of impressive yachts in the harbour, but this one was the prettiest of all.
Lovely seafood platter at The Cove last night. Finished off with cocktails.
It rained all night, but things improved while we were having breakfast so we set off towards Thurlestone.
Longhorn cattle.
And a nice walk along the beach.
Had a coffee back at Hope Cove and pottered round to Salcombe in the car. We’ll be here for a week. Our cottage is pretty good; about 100 yards back from the water. View from our garden.
First holiday for months! We’ve booked a cottage in Salcombe for the week from tomorrow, but a room became available in the pub at Hope Cove so we drove down a day early. View from our room.
Nice walk on the beach.
The village from the west.
It’s our last day in Salcombe, so we have a quiet one. Nice food at the Crab Shed round at the fish quay last night.
Had a potter around town this afternoon. The fuel barge is out of the water for repairs.
Sat on a bench with an ice cream at Whitestrand. Just need to decide where to eat tonight.
Took our bottles to the recycling at the boat park and continued north along Batson Creek and up into the farmland.
The road curves round to the west and soon we’re in the long valley that leads down to South Sands from Malborough. Very quaint.
The wild garlic is trying to invade the path.
Lovely old cottages at Combe.
And once again the South Sands ferry comes to pick us up for the short trip back to Salcombe.
Stats.
Salcombe doesn’t have an Indian restaurant, and we fancy a curry. We get the boat across to East Portlemouth and walk north-east along the estuary. Fantastic views.
The road winds around the creeks. Some parts are tidal – impassable at high water. We’re lucky today.
After a couple of miles we reach the village of South Pool. Very pretty.
Another few miles brings us to a place called Frogmore.
From here we catch the bus to Kingsbridge where we have a few beers and a lovely curry.
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