The Erme Estuary

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Originally uploaded by drtombell1.

Her Fi POrter and i started our rather short ( 5hr ) walk to Bigbury. Basically we dropped a car at Bigbury and then drove to Kingston in the south Hams . There is a lovely pub there with rooms by the was ( The Dolphin I think) . We then set off down to the Erme estuary. This is surrounded by the Flete estate. This has stopped any spoiling of thearea. Cottages can be rented through the estate office. Arriving at the mouth of the estuary you look back westard to Mothercombe across the water. However we were heading east now. a wonderful if somewhat up and down walk. The only hitch was walking gingerly across a field with a bull .. always rather nerve wracking.
Of course it was Tess's second big walk .. so she was thrilled. Arriving at Bigbury ( grotty) there are lovely views across to the island and hotel. We had a little further to go however as we needed to walk to where the ferry crossed the next estuary before returning to the car. This was in some ways the most lovely part of the walk. A sheltered estuary and spectacular views back to Burgh Island ... great fun