Chard to Plympton

Friday morning we were treated to another big English breakfast, eating too much, at our excellent B&B, the only unusual feature there being the shower in the corner of the bedroom. Luckily the toilet was separate!
The day was a busy one trying to explore as many places along the coast as possible to see the beaches, villages, towns, lovely thatched houses along the way, one very very narrow windy road which went for miles and if we met anything one of us would have to back up. This is typical for this area and Cornwall of course and even worse at the moment as we are into a summer bank holiday weeekend.

Typical thatched cottage en route to our next stop

I will try and let the photos do the talking, the places we saw being Seaton with its long stretch of pebbly beach, little Beer with its boats and small areas of deck chairs, Branscombe, Sidmouth with its mainly pebbly beach and nice walk along the bottom of high sandstone cliffs to another pebbly beach arond the corner and to gardens along the clifftop and Exmouth with its long lines of terraced hotels along the waterfront and terraced houses in the streets.

Strolling around Sidmouths sandstone cliffs

Then Teignmouth with its pier, nice walk along the waterfront which is part of the South Devon coastal walk but only some sand at low tide for children to play in - at high tide the water would be up to the sea-wall - we had a coffee and cake here in the seemingly "old-fashioned" town.
Busy stretched-out Torquay next with its long beach, amusements, and double rows of beach huts and seamlessly joining onto Paignton. We bypassed Brixton to head to the car ferry which took us over the River Dart to Dartmouth, a quaint little riverside town where we would have liked to linger but time was now of the essence as we need to get to the Elfordleigh Countryclub Hotel in Plympton out of Plymouth before dark!

Kingsbridge, a lovely interesting looking town on the river was another spot we would have liked to explore but after a brief stroll along the river eating our ice-creams to wake us up it was time to quickly move on. Our galaxy tablet has come into it's own! We can't get navigation on it here but if we go into maps it will find where we are and I can follow our progress on the map. I don't think we ever would have found this hotel without it - all the narrow streets that only fit one car and twists and turns it would normally have been impossible but our little map with the blue blip showing where we were was absolutely amazing - exciting even! And yes we did just make it before dark - what a long day!