Sunday dawned bright and sunny. We were very hot in our room as we didn't have a window to open, only a door on to the balcony. After a discussion with the others who had rooms opening on to the balcony we decided that in future we would leave our door open and trust that we weren't invaded by passing seagulls!
As we did not have a coach the schedule became a bit muddled and various groups took off to do their own thing. At least there was several good local bus services and many of us made use of our concessionary bus passes. I opted for an 'A' party walk that we had been going to do anyway on Monday. We caught the bus to Shaldon on the Teign estuary and Malcolm led the walk as he was the only one with a map!
This was a beautiful walk with good views and lovely little bays but it was very hot, we were walking into the sun all day, and it was very 'undulating', approximately 3000 ft of climbing.
We had our lunch and a paddle on Maidenscombe beach. The sand was very red in colour and Stuart noticed that as it dried out it was moving!
After lunch more undulations but also a bit of time for frivolities!
By the time we reached Babbacombe and had done several more ups and downs we were very ready for a cuppa on the sea front and more than a little tempted to catch the bus back to Torquay. However Malcolm encouraged us to carry on and the views of Anstey's Cove and Thatcher point were well worth it.
Plenty of time back at the hotel to sit on the balcony in the sun with my book and a nice cool bottle of Lucozade! Then after dinner sat out and watched the bats flitting around in the trees at the bottom of the garden.
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