At last! The first real walk of 2012, on a glorious sunny day. My brother and I drove to St Marychurch in Torquay and had a quick walk down Petitor Road to see where great aunt Amy lived before emigrating to Canada. Then we headed for Babbacombe Downs, and by the cliff railway we spotted an information board with this walk on it, so off we went. (I do have photos and will add them as soon as I can download them).
We began at the top of the cliff railway, looking over the bay towards Exmouth. It was really clear and you could pick out Golden Cap, even Portland Bill as shadowy presence in the distance. Then came the steep descent to Babbacombe beach. I'm reading a book about trees at the moment so at every turn of the tree-lined path I was wishing I knew what each tree was - one day! Part of the beach was cordoned off as there had been a rock fall from the cliffs, tons and tons of good red Devon cliff collapsed. The sea was calm and
lapped gently at the breakwater.
 |
| Babbacombe Beach |
Following the breakwater and via a woodland path and a wooden walkway over rocks, we came to Odicombe beach.
 |
| Odicombe beach |
Plenty of activity here in the form of dog walkers, divers, walkers and visitors to the Cary Arms. We walked up the steep path past the Cary Arms and then took steep steps and another woodland path leading to Walls Hill.
 |
| Steps from Odicombe |
 |
| Path to Walls Hill |
From Walls Hill there were yet more glorious views across the bay. Here we cheated a bit and didn't walk all round the hill, but headed back to the Babbacombe theatre and a quick walk across the Downs to our starting place.
 |
| View from Walls Hill |
 |
| Babbacombe Downs |
I haven't been to Babbacombe for ages and this walk was an ideal way to see a bit more of the area than I would otherwise have done. It was steep in parts but I didn't feel unduly puffed.
No comments:
Post a Comment