Friday 30/04/21
We woke up to lovely sunshine this morning and spent some time bundled up on our camping chairs like Dassies trying to get some of it's heat. The sun is quite warm when it is out but there is an icy northerly wind so daily temps go from 1° to 10°C, and it makes a huge difference if you can get out of the wind.
We headed off on the cycle route that passes by the camp; a disused railway line converted to a walking and cycling route. A firm favourite of ours in Europe as they usually avoid steep gradients. In this case it is downhill almost all the way into Ilfracombe but you pay for all the freewheeling on the way back!
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| This is the profile of the 4.6 mile route, 23 minutes down but 39 back. |
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| The scenery along the way was wonderful. We were fascinated by these trees growing out of the ancients stone wall. |
We had a walk around town, a lovely old village perched along the valley or 'combe' walls with a stunning harbour area. We had a craving for fish and chips and weren't disappointed. Sitting shivering on the harbour wall shielding our chips from marauding seagulls - a great British tradition. We decided against Cornish cream ice-cream as we knew we had a long climb to get back to the campsite. Maybe tomorrow we'll give the bikes a day off.
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| Fish and Chips by the seaside! |
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| Verity, a Damien Hirst statue guarding the harbour. For some reason we found it a bit disturbing, we're not usually squeamish. |
It's a bank holiday weekend in the UK so campers have started arriving this afternoon, we get to watch all the hand signalling and bad reversing.
Book reading, and early to bed tonight - all this fresh air and exercise is making us sleepy.
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