Dartmouth to Totnes and back

I was not looking forward to the walk today as 8 miles is more than we normally walk. I convinced myself that it was only like doing two 4 mile walks! We made our way down through the steep streets of Dartmouth to the waterfront.

It was only later in the day that we learnt the story of the station building in Dartmouth built by Brunel. It was built before the railway that was planned along the side of the river. This was eventually constructed on the Kingswear side of the river and so the station was never used for its original purpose.

We boarded a ferry to Diitisham where we were to start our walk.

Passing on the way the boathouse at Greenway that Brian and I had visited two weeks ago. We also learnt that this had earlier connections to Sir Walter Raleigh.

On arrival at Diitisham we began the walk to Totnes.

There were plenty of climbs up and down.

And some interesting as well as obscure sights a long the way.

There were some novel ways of crossing the creeks. Fortunately nobody fell in.

We finally arrived in Totnes rather foot sore. We soon revived after a sit down and a cuppa and were ready for the ferry back to Dartmouth.

On the return trip we saw kingfishers, egrets, herons and a seal. These were difficult to capture without a telephoto lens but I was able to capture one of a group of fellow passengers.

The climb back up to the house was hard going so a photo shot was a good excuse for a rest.

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