Set off from Porlock Weir at 9.30, expecting a helluva day because my Paddy Dillon guidebook claimed there would be 4000 feet of ascent. Don’t know where he got that from! It turned out to be a pretty standard SWCP day.
Most of the first half was through woodland with not much of a view. We went past the smallest parish church in England, Culbone church.
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| Toll gate in the middle of the forest |
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There were a few tunnels along the path,
big enough to let carriages through |
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| Culbone Church |
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| There were quite a few fallen trees across the path |
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…and lots of beautiful streams with little waterfalls
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About halfway through the route Colin left us and went to County Gate, where some bus routes go. He ended up getting a taxi back to the car.
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The entry to some long-ago country house?
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| Wilson and I passed through a long hillside full of rhododendrons - must be quite a spectacle in bloom. |
Then we finally emerged from all the forest…
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| The sea was a soft green-grey |
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| Lynmouth ahoy! |
Colin met us in Lynmouth and after a cream tea, we came back to the holiday cottage. Failed to have a hot bath as the water was tepid, but (unlike yesterday) succeeded in lighting the stove. Wilson and Colin both snoring!
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