Can you say, "Perfect hiking weather"? I know you can. GIve it a try. Sun and clouds, a light breeze, around 18-20C... perfect.
Excellent dinner last night in The Greedy Goose (and weren't we just). Solid breakfast at the Four Seasons Guesthouse this morning. No lunch :-).
We walked around the Hoe a little, looking at the various military memorials (Plymouth is a Navy town... always has been, probably always will be) before taking the Mountbatten ferry across the harbour entrance (to save a couple of hours city walking along the Plymouth waterfront). The hike was for the most part delightful... a fair number of ups and downs, some busier parts and some isolated stretches with just a few walkers (it's a fine Sunday, so there were quite a few people about at times), good looking coastline, and an improbably beautiful ria at the mouth of the River Yealm with a scattering of boats moored near the tiny fishing hamlets of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo.
Just a short day -- we didn't really push it, and hiked for 4.5 hours or so. Legs feel pleasantly and appropriately worked out, but not especially tired. We're staying at a working farm called Worswell Barton, old building, mod cons, comfy and lots of space. In an hour or so we'll walk down to Noss Mayo for an early dinner in the Ship Inn, before coming back for what will no doubt be an early night. RIght now Russ is snoozing and I suspect Rochelle is doing the same. Where are game players when you need them!?!
Photos follow.
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