Day 7 Friday

Well the last day of the holiday had arrived and we were still blessed with good weather. No 'A' party today and I decided to take the opportunity to visit Dartmouth and see some of the things I hadn't managed to see on a previous visit to this area. The coach dropped us off at Kingswear just across the river and we took the ferry across.

I made my way along to Dartmouth castle near the mouth of the estuary and down to Castle Cove where I sat for a while watching the sun sparkling on the sea and the waves lapping on the shore........very peaceful as I was the only person there until three more CHA explorers discovered my peaceful spot!

After a morning pottering around Dartmouth and lunch overlooking the river it became rather windy and I took the ferry back to Kingswear to explore the other side of the river. There was an impressive flight of steps leading up to the top of the village but I decided to take the coastal path towards the river entrance along a private road leading to some very impressive properties with tropical gardens, obviously this is the place the millionaires live down here!

As soon as the coastal path plunged downwards I retraced my steps back to the centre of Kingswear and took a path beside the railway alongside the river. This was the path the 'C' party had taken earlier in the day. About 1/2 mile along there was a bench in the sun and out of the wind, just right for admiring the view and reading my book before catching the service bus back to Paignton and Torquay, but not before seeing that steam train again!