Lovely and sunny first thing but just after setting off we had about five minutes of rain as we made our way to the river Avon. Yes another ferry crossing and this one had to be timed accurately as the ferry only runs for an hour in the morning and an hour in the late afternoon.
Stand and wave or shout 'FERRY' the notice says. So 10.00 a.m. arrived and we duly waved, and waved and we could eventually see some activity across the water.
The ferryman then waved at us as the tide was low and we had to move further down the river side. Once on the other side I had done this walk before so planned to walk as far as Hope Cove and then catch the bus to Salcombe. Margaret had done part of it before as she once stayed at the HF house Thurlestone Sands that is now apartments.
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Thurlestone Rock
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Coffee time at Hope Cove before trying to find the bus to Kingsbridge. After a few false starts and some directions from the post office I persuaded Margaret to get on with her walk while I waited at 'the green triangle' for a bus, not a bus stop in sight! Thankfully it did arrive and I duly arrived in Kingsbridge with time to sit and eat my lunch before catching the bus to Salcombe.
Meanwhile Margaret walked round Bolt Tail, Soar Mill Cove, Bolt Head and South Sands before meeting me at North Sands. I had a lovely afternoon eating ice cream from Doggies Ices (better than it sounds!) and walking around Salcombe where there was a lot of building work going on. We both had a few minutes of rain and that was the last rain we had on our walk for the rest of the holiday.
All our B&Bs were good but this was our least favourite as we had a room in the basement that was a bit claustrophobic.
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