29 September 2019
A momentous post; this is the last retrospective! I am up to date so will now be posting in walk order and hopefully within memory span. Back to Budleigh. Another rare day with 2 cars available but not very promising weather so this was a short continuation walk from 2 years ago. It required a short overlap as we walked from White Bridge beside the River Otter, but then it was all new ground to Ladram Bay. It had been a very wet morning but the rain stayed inland of us and we even had a few splashes of sun. The wind however was very much in evidence, small people could have been blown over the edge. As we got closer to Ladram it was more sheltered. The cliffs are deeply red on this section, and badly eroded in places. The path stays well away from the edge but huge vertical cracks are evident at almost every headland and it’s not always obvious how much under cutting there is below the path. This was the first day I walked with 2 sticks, a success today, but perhaps it wouldn’t work so well on a narrow path. The walk was easy, not many ascents or descents but with High Peak and Peak Hill firmly planted in our sights after Ladram Bay maybe it’s all relative. Another day I’ll tackle that section. Ladram Bay is one big holiday park but the facilities are there for the use of and did I mention an ice cream shop?
I have walked 105.5 miles so far with 524.5 to go. Believe me that half mile is important at this stage.
Trailing acorns 