There’s a bit of beach West of Combe Martin that’s intrigued me because it looks like some exotic Asian ie Vietnamese or Thai landscape. Can’t really access it by road but from the coast path. However, there is a campsite so we’re having a weekend there at the end of June.
Will take drone.
Watermouth cove
Not quite, it’s actually called Broadsands Beach. I’ve been to Watermouth cove but it’s a little way along to the West of this.
Yes,think I’ve always called it that due to the holiday place called watermouth over the road from it… Was going to stop there as it is beautiful. Now at Torrington
Love that Leyland Fire Tender… Brings back memories… 
I think it is a Leyland Tigress. Like a Leyland Tiger but with a ‘normal control’ driving position; driver behind engine and not beside it as on Tiger.
Here’s a picture of the first and only Fire Tender I’ve travelled on…
Yes,last time I came that route was in 79. We used to come that way a few times a year with a youth club and stay in barbrook
Up on the moors for a short walk from Two Bridges. Up past Wistmans Wood, with its lichen-encrusted low sprawling oaks
then a diversion up to Longaford Tor
before dropping down to cross the stream at the weir
and then return along Devonport Leat, built in the 1790s to take fresh water 27 miles to the expanding Plymouth docks
You will have to take a walk through Berrynarbor to see if the flower pot men are out.There is a nice campsite there if you haven’t booked one already
Currently listening to Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby whilst watching the bats dart around at dusk on a clear still evening. Third night in row the bats have been about, which is to be honest not uncommon despite being only 3 miles from Oxford Circus. Mind you also only half a mile from the top of Parliament Hill/Hampstead Heath.
Loved that part of the SWCP on our travels, despite not being the best weather!
It’s a lovely road from Lynmouth to Porlock, after we did the Two Moors Way back in 2018 we took the vintage bus service although it was struggling somewhat with the hills, getting down to around 10-15mph and chugging along! Then took the West Somerset Railway from Minehead back to Bishops Lydeard where my Brother was living at the time.
SWCP - Broadsands Beach by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Great panoramic view from Longaford Tor. We were up there a few weeks back.
Did a nice walk on Tuesday over on the other side of the moor but have been too busy this week to write it up.
Setting off from below Haytor and following the granite tramway around to the valley of Becka brook.
This is a spectacular bit of landscape with views up the valley North to Holwell lawn, Hound Tor, Greator Rocks and on up towards Manaton.
Down in the valley is the quiet nature reserve of Emsworthy Mire which until a couple of weeks ago was carpeted in the densest swathe of bluebells. It’s a place where adders thrive and cuckoos are seen throughout May.
I hadn’t been before, it was lovely. We climbed out of the valley over the top of Saddle tor and returned down in front of Haytor rocks to find the car surrounded by ponies.
Tonight, up onto Whitchurch Down to catch the Sunset & lighting of a Beacon.
Dangerously pagan looking scene there Guy
Reminiscent of a certain film I hesitate to mention…
There is a certain town councillor here who’d have looked well sitting in the basket.
Would of been a fitting goodbye to Cox if they had wheeled this out
The purple sky is a powerful omen. I’m pleased you are not with those fools stood on the long barrow . The beacon and sky portend one thing ‘The giant awakens’!
Be off with your safe plinky plonky hi-fi show jazz
Plinky plonk Jazz is mainly the creation of satin shirted middle class white jazzish dudes best enjoyed in lifts and £5 all you can eat seafood buffet dives by people who think Horace is just noise.
Fuck you: satinfishplonkman.
