The combination of a fine autumn Saturday and the time to enjoy it are a rare combination, and one not to be missed. So today we loaded a rucksack with hot pasties (wrapped in tinfoil to keep them that way), chocolate cake and bottles of Oasis fruit juice, and headed out of county to a beauty spot on the foothills of Dartmoor.
We parked up in delightful village of Drewsteignton and followed the Two Moors Way down to a wooded valley, then up a fearsomely steep track, emerging high above the Teign Gorge, with the river glinting in the watery sunlight hundreds of feet below us. A woodland path took us down to the valley floor and picturesque Fingle Bridge, with its put and surprisingly busy car park. From thence we slowly ambled upstream, chatting with fellow walkers and a group of canoeists.
Fingle Bridge
The return route took us near the National Trust’s Castle Drogo, but we turned down the chance to explore it and pressed on, across the quaintly named Piddledown Common; appropriately named too, for there we eventually found a suitably secluded spot to do what blokes do with a lot more ease… if you follow my meaning.
Incidentally, you are permitted to conclude that this girl is completely balmy, wearing a skirt for a walk like this. We met several groups of walkers on our hike, but none afflicted with a similar brain disorder.
I must be like you in that respect Angela….completely barmy! I would have worn a skirt too! I’ll say one thing though, you certainly have some nice countryside to go a wandering in! Piddledown indeed! you naughty girl. When you eventually get to live back there I am sure everything will be ok as far as the locals are concerned but you have to live your life for yourself and not them.
Shirley Anne xxx
Oh goody goody, let’s be balmy together! What a shame that there’s 350 miles between us.
You’re quite right, of course, about the locals. Sue worries much more than I do, but I’m sure we’ll work it out.
Angela xxx