We first climbed up above the valley, going along the Tarka trail with lovely views over the surrounding countryside, then dropped down to the National Trust property at idyllic Watersmeet (where we had superb cakes as a lunch-ersatz), before returning to Lynmouth, arriving around 1PM.
Franz, perhaps channelling his inner Russell or Sally (who between them purchased 5 new pairs of boots while on the H2H), thereupon bought a new pair of hiking shoes (his orthotic inserts had been slipping in his other pair), and then we took the Cliff Railway up to Lynton (a neat piece of Victorian engineering -- it has two cabins attached by a cable, and runs by filling the tank of the upper cabin with water, then letting enough out of the tank of the lower cabin so that the weight differential pulls the lower up as the upper drops). It has been running without any external energy input since 1890... quite brilliant.
From Lynton it was a pleasant (although once again windy) walk along the coast to Martinhoe, where we are spending the night in an elegant B&B called "The Old Rectory".
And, in case anyone is wondering, thus far everyone has been getting along wonderfully... no loss of faith in the tour guide, as far as I can tell, at all!
