This was a rather unintended walk but one that arose out of necessity. The day started a little strangely with the main road to Salcombe being closed and having to drive to Soar Mill Cove by a rather circuitous route.
When we arrived at the hotel which is situated at the top of the steep path down to the cove we found that the car park which I had always used before was now only for hotel staff. So … off to the NT parking at East Soar. Our destination was sign posted as being 1.5 miles away so it seemed foolish to miss the opportunity!
The path led across fields by Middle Soar and then we had the choice of carrying on to the coastal path or turning right across the top of the hill – ‘The Warren’. The mizzle turned to drizzle but it might just have been sea mist!
Our next incident was a very steep hill down towards the cove – we noted later that nobody else arrived at the beach by this particular route!
The tide was quite high when we arrived but a bit of bat and ball was the first game. The tide did go out slowly revealing more beach.Cricket, boules, and then running races, instigated by Alex! Then long jump!! I did not participate.
This is one of my favourite beaches and in the sunshine would rival any of the top continental venues. Sadly today the rain returned a couple of times but Jack managed some rock climbing and Pete ventured into the sea.
We decided not to return up the very steep hill but go by the path near the cliff. This was a great walk and we managed to get most of the way without another shower.
This walk was 5.5 km so just counted, and as we all did it together, well almost – Jack is a very fast walker like his dad, it seemed worthy of being number 21.
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