Short take: a surprisingly nice hike through farmland and woods, along lanes and over fields.
Down to five... Russ, Sally, Rochelle, Marcus, and me... apparently the moors are a little intimidating :-). Thomas and Suzi left yesterday, but Oliver will join us this afternoon in Ivybridge.
We took a taxi to Wembury, which is on the coast about 10k east of Plymouth, to start the Devon Coast to Coast hike (made up of the Erme-Plym hike and then the Two Moors Way). When I was planning the trip I thought of this as a connecting day -- necessary in order to do a coast to coast, but it was unclear if it would be a nice hike. Well, it was. The trail was really well laid out, minimizing road walking while going through an area that is fairly densely populated, while nevertheless hitting the major villages and towns along the way so as to give lunch / refreshment options. We enjoyed it. It was supposed to be 6.5 hours and we did it in about 5.75, so we were moving but not racing. Sun and clouds. A nice day.
Arrived in Ivybridge, checked in to our inn, took a shower, Oliver turned up, we met down in the bar, Russ, Sally, & Marcus played a game of darts, Russ got up, said he was feeling nauseous, started walking out of the room, and fainted. Perhaps hypoglycaemia (no lunch, perhaps a little dehydrated, and then a beer)? Well, we have two ER docs (although Russ is one of them), and an intensive care nurse with us... so he get the best of care and diagnosis. He came to almost immediately and is now up in his room recovering. More as our reporter finds it out!
