So, 10.30 train from Waterloo got me to Exmouth by 2.30. Train practically empty, like last time.
Exmouth beach very quiet.
Up onto Orcombe point just beyond Exmouth
It’s almost rainforesty - bright green and ferny.
Bloody military again! At least there’s no chance of exploding debris this time.
Beautiful flowers all over the place, including a lot of wild honeysuckle. There are wafts of its smell all along the hedgerows.
Already feeling a bit tired here. Had just walked back a mile to retrieve my hat, which I’d left on a bench. It’s only 18 degrees but 80% humidity. My feet are hot.
Lovely Budleigh Salterton. Full of solid, pleasingly proportioned Victorian houses.
Red cliffs
My feet are protesting
Walked through the Otter estuary nature reserve. Saw gorgeous peach-and-blue bull finches and also some goldfinches.
Finally turned off the coast path towards my destination in Otterton. The evening sun came out towards the end, resulting in sunbathing cows. Had had a chance to turn off at the top of the estuary and would have saved 4 miles of walking, but thought that would be cheating. Glad I didn’t - the views from the cliffs between Budleigh and Ladram Bay are stunning. Had to swap my boots for flip flops for the last few miles as my feet were not happy.
Starving by the time I arrived! Yum. Unfortunately the “room above pub” that I’m staying in is really noisy - I there’s a loud noise every time anyone in the building turns a tap or shower on, and the kitchen extractor fan is also much in evidence...
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