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This was not the first walk since COVID was rife in the community. Last week we walked to Exminster and back and before that were several walks to quayside and locally.
Today at Powderham we parked at the cafe and walked through the deer park to the Starcross Road, then past the church and over the hill to the forge and sawmill, and back via lanes to Kenton.
A showery day but we managed to miss them!
A bit of drizzle today when we went to West Town farm beyond Ide. We had our coffee in the barn. Thanks to Mike for the photo.
Also photo from Doug –
Sunny day to visit bluebell woods, tea at Shillingford Organics
The party split up, some went via Ide church, the others went past the cottages and up the lane by the stream, then downhill beyond West Town Farm. This picture is from the bridge over the A30. See gallery for more pictures.
Short walk today through Marsh Barton to Bridge road then along the canal to Double Locks. See gallery for a selection of photos.
I have found that it is easy to make a post to the website by email. This means that anyone who has the “secret” email address can email a post, including photos, and it will appear in the web site as the latest post. If you have a smartphone, on a contract, you can create a post while out walking. If anyone wants to try it let me know at the next walk. The title of the email becomes the title of the post, so for consistency try to put the date first then destination. The body of the email including pictures goes into the body of the post. Doug tried it with the previous post and it worked fine, although I had to do a bit of editing. If you want to contact me, use the contact form and include your email address.
We went to West Town farm at Ide this Thursday. The ladies walked back to Alphington directly but the men went on and up to the Longdown road and returned along the ridge to Ide, then Balls Farm road to Alphington. The photo was taken on a previous visit. Doug sent in this post by email, and I altered it slightly.
Again we had fewer ladies, some having gone to the Chagford Fair. This gave an opportunity for the men to decide on the route, and it was Mike who proposed that we should go to the canal via Matford marshes, along the canal to Limekilns, and back along the track from Limekilns to the garage near Matford roundabout, up the grassy footpath to Pearce’s hill (with the radio masts), then down to Devon Hotel for refreshment. More pictures in gallery.
Stopped at Welcome Inn, very pleasant in the garden
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