Dartmouth to Brixham

Dartmouth to Brixham - Friday 5th September 2014

Path Facts - Length: 10.8 miles, Ascent: 2887 feet

Breakfast 8am. Breakfast was weird. the ladies at the B&B at Slapton had warned us of this. No eggs. But cows milk. So not vegan but...what? And a big thing about home made granola. Good food and room but weird customer relations. I respect people's personal choices of what they eat but I don't think you can force them on others particularly when you're running a B&B. Every option you might consider for breakfast seemed to have to be deemed acceptable by the proprietor. And way too many "can I get you anything else?" whilst you're wondering whether what you might want will be ok. Erm, what am I allowed?. Anyway, enough of that. You wouldn't have a terrible experience at Hill View House. Just weird.

Left about 9.15 am. No lunch stop today. The obvious option at the National Trust run Coleton Fisheries was annoyingly shut on Fridays. So bought some lunch from M&S in Dartmouth then crossed the Dart on the ferry and started walking from Kingswear about 9.50 am.

The start is a taste of things to come with a steep ascent up some steps then a hill road. 2887 feet of climb today. Also warm, humid and windless.

Stopped at Scabbacombe Sands to eat lunch having ascended way up high then dropped right back to sea level before another ascent to about 400 ft looming ahead and then the same thing again. You get a flavour of this from the photos below.

Tough section and quite hot by this point.

Eventually got to Berry Head just outside Brixham where there is a lighthouse and some forts from the Napoleonic wars and, most importantly, a tea shop having been deprived all day.

Arrived at the B&B just before 5pm. Then had a wander round. Brixham is quirky but great. There was a mad guy in a top hat, a mad bag lady on the pier and various eccentric things going on in the town like Brixham Banksy and amusing things in shop windows.

Back for a shower and a chill out then out to Bistro 46 for eats. Then.. we were advised by the B&B that if we wanted an experience then we should go to the Martime Inn. It's like walking into 1950 when you go through the door. Also a dog that, despite appearances, is apparently quite keen on biting people... and lastly a parrot that eats people's shoes.

Info

Accommodation - Sampford Guest House

Location ***** right on the path nest to the harbour and town!

Room ****

Facilities ****

Noise *****

Food ****

Ambience ****

Price *** £76 for the room.


Food – Bistro 46

Quality ***

Price ***