FollowPouring rain last night. We ate at Dick & Will’s restaurant, which has a wonderful waterside deck. It wasn’t getting much use.
This morning we woke to drizzle and low cloud. An inland walk seemed the best option. The rowers weren’t put off however.
We head inland from Shadycombe towards Higher Batson and Horsecombe. The footpath verges on the extreme in places!
Eventually we cross the main road and arrive in Malborough. In every village we have seen scarecrows. The local school is running a competition – each scarecrow represents a children’s story, and if you can name them all you win cream teas for 6 at a the Soar Mill Cove hotel. Can you guess this one?
Lovely old cottage (offers in the region of £2 million) at Coombe on the way down to South Sands.
World’s biggest rhubarb? This stuff grows along the stream that runs down the valley. It is at least ten feet tall.
The weather stayed dry, but it was too chilly to tempt many people into the water at North Sands.
The ruin of Fort Charles. The Royalists withstood a long siege during the civil war, but were eventually overcome. The castle has been abandoned ever since.
Our track for today.
