Day Trip to Salcombe
Jul. 6th, 2018 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylDay trip to Salcombe, mostly because A doesn't think she's ever been — although her parents disagree — and because the weather is ideal for a trip to the seaside. We drove down, getting only slightly confused about the route on the way, eventually finding ourselves in Malborough. We followed Collaton Road down to South Sands and parked up in the National Trust car park before heading down to the beach. With time to kill before the ferry, we had a drink on the hotel terrace and entertained the couple sitting at the next table by being effortlessly posh!
We decided not to rush for the first ferry we saw, but instead decided to wait until the next one at half-past one. With plenty of time in hand, we walked down to the sea tractor and discovered that the timetable ran every half hour except at 1:30, so we decided to walk into town along Cliff Road.
We wandered around the town, which was much less busy than it normally is in season, and A checked out some of the shops. With the hour drawing on, we stopped at the Victoria Inn for lunch. I had an excellent veggie gnocchi and A had a baked camembert with chips standing in for bread, and we spent a while enjoying the beer garden.
After walking through the town, ending up at Batson Creek, we turned back and bought ice creams in town. We then caught the ferry back to South Sands — an easy, pleasant journey, which gave us close up views of a number of the anchored boats — before going for a final wander on the beach, where, while we were at lunch, the tide had gone all the way out.
With our day over, we got back in the car and returned to Exeter, this time by a much more direct route...
We decided not to rush for the first ferry we saw, but instead decided to wait until the next one at half-past one. With plenty of time in hand, we walked down to the sea tractor and discovered that the timetable ran every half hour except at 1:30, so we decided to walk into town along Cliff Road.
We wandered around the town, which was much less busy than it normally is in season, and A checked out some of the shops. With the hour drawing on, we stopped at the Victoria Inn for lunch. I had an excellent veggie gnocchi and A had a baked camembert with chips standing in for bread, and we spent a while enjoying the beer garden.
After walking through the town, ending up at Batson Creek, we turned back and bought ice creams in town. We then caught the ferry back to South Sands — an easy, pleasant journey, which gave us close up views of a number of the anchored boats — before going for a final wander on the beach, where, while we were at lunch, the tide had gone all the way out.
With our day over, we got back in the car and returned to Exeter, this time by a much more direct route...
