It’s a much nicer day today, so we’re off to nearby Hope Cove for a walk. Hope Cove is a tiny fishing village.

There are two nice beaches.

Old thatched cottages add to the charm.

Tiny St Clements church overlooking the bay.

Distant views to Thurlstone and Bigbury Bay.

We had a good walk, and stopped for lunch at The Cove, a little pub in the village.

Afterwards we had a walk on the beach.

There’s an appeal going on in the village for funds to repair the sea wall. It was certainly getting a battering today.

Back in Salcombe this afternoon, we came across the yacht ‘Island Spirit’. I did my skipper’s training on this boat many years ago. Jane and Jennifer came along and we had a great week sailing along the coast of Devon and Cornwall. You can read about it here.

And as I write this, a cruising yacht enters the harbour to moor at Whitestrand, just as we did on Island Spirit, all those years ago.

Dinner at the Crab Shed later, which is always a treat.