No rain still... but light fog with pleasantly cool (for hiking) temperatures. Given yesterday's sunburns... perfectly acceptable.
Mel & Jan and Matt & Pam joined as planned and we had excellent fish & chips at Fryer Tuck's for dinner. Our B&B was very pleasant, although the 7:30AM breakfast time (due to the owner having to go off to work) was a little early for some of us.
Today's hike was a nice change -- we spent most of the time walking around the Avon estuary along the Avon Valley trail. The tide was out, so the first mile or so we walked on the sand, then through woods and fields with ever and anon views down into an intriguing landscape of mud- and sand-banks, pools, and the winding path of the river. Swans, ducks, egrets, and maybe a buzzard. Hike today was shorter than planned -- I'd say 5.5 instead of 6.5 hours... which made up for yesterday being an hour longer than expected :-).
Slightly dated small hotel tonight with slightly dated guests... but as long as some games are played, and the food is decent, I don't think there will be too many complaints.
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