Friday 10 August 2012

Second day in Devon....

Suilvan here again...not much to say today as I got to stay on the grass and chat to the other camper vans and enjoy the lovely weather...so I'll let the humans write about today:

Looking out to sea.
 Well, Sunday dawned a lovely day and Claire and I decided to go for a walk along the Devon coastal path up to Hartland Point - where there was apparently a tea van!! As well as being close to the sea - and having a prolonged dawdle on some beaches; we could also check out some of the cliffs that are in the area, such as Smoothlands which has a route I would love to do one day.

First thing about the Devon coast path; it ain't exactly flat!! In fact there were some quite sharp ups and downs; especially for two unfit people trying to wind down after a trying few months.

Lundy in the distance
That being said; it was impossible to quibble, the day was lovely and we found a lovely beach to sit on and munch some cheese triangles and outcakes before tootling along the coast further.

The weather was glorious and lots of stops for gazing at the cliffs and water were needed before we eventually got to Hartland Point, where tucked away was a VERY nice tea shack. A cup of tea and a pasty (so close to Cornwall after all!) went down very well before we attempted the return route. I say attempted as we ended up going back the way we came, due to the path we wanted to take being a muddy path. When I say muddy I mean flooded with mud - clearly there had been oceans of rain in Devon as 3 days of 25 degress plus had not evaporated it/dried it out. That being said, it did give us time to soak our hot feet in the sea on the beach we had been to before!! not a bad thing really.

Supper was at the pub again; having come back to Suilvan for a shower and change....as you can see another glorious evening.
Another glorious sunset.

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