Heavy dew and misty this morning with blue sky some cloud coverage so hopefully the day will be fine to explore the upper town of Lynton and Lynmouth on the shoreline.

What an epic walk the lovely lady in Reception didn't tell us it was a killer walk when she let us leave the motorhome at the caravan site till we got back in the afternoon should have parked at the carpark in Lynton if we had known the trail was one of the country’s deepest river gorges. Going across the farmer’s fields (public walkway) soaking up the panoramic views of the land, sea cliffs rising 800 feet out of the sea and ocean was a sight to see, but you had to be careful on the winding descend down the deep river gorge edge through the wooded forest of trees and ferns on a rocky track. This brought back memories of Canada and walking through the National Forests. The real killer was once we crossed the small bridge over the babbly river stream it was a near vertical descend down the winding road to Lynmouth at the shoreline of the river.


If that wasn’t bad enough the journey back was great taking the unique Victorian water powered lift (Cliff Railway) from Lynmouth to Lynton on top of the hill looking at the picturesque panoramic view of Lynmouth, the ocean and surrounding countryside.   The surprise was once we reached the little bridge again we took a different shorter rocky trail back to the Channel View site that was a killer near vertical winding climb to the top. Lots of rest stops for the legs and old ticker.

Resting at the bridge looking at the harbour village of Lynmouth and the river you can understand why it is called "Little Switzerland" the most beautiful of sights to see with Lynton perched on the cliffs above and the perfect base to discover, explore and enjoy the Exmoor National Park and the North Devon coast of Lynton and Lynmouth.

But for us old folks the stroll around both villages was enough. We had no energy to walk the Valley of Rocks it might have unique dramatic pre-historic outcrops created during the last Ice Age and we have seen lots of rugged coastlines.

We so enjoyed our cuppa and lunch in our little motorhome before our long drive to Weston-Super-Mare. Decided to take the long route instead of following A39 along the coast by Porlock, Minehead and Bridgwater, which could be small and winding. Backtracked on the A39 saw the legendary narrow gauge stream railway train at Woody Bay Station (Lynton & Barnstaple Railway line) but nowhere to stop. Turned on the A361 then the three lane M5 thought we were back in Canada for a while with the speeding traffic whizzing past you and it is nice to be travelling with views of flat countryside not winding through rolling hills and valleys.

Lucky to find a little hidden site near Weston-Super-Mare a marine with camping site called Upper Hill Camping the pitches skirt around a small lake nestled by a high cliff on one side (a couple of guys are climbing up the cliff) and the sea moors and river the other with boats perched on the riverbed till the tide comes in.

Pitched looking over the lake with a lovely Welsh couple next to us and you guest the map was out and they said the places we have highlighted are beautiful and enough to see before heading to Ireland. Panic stations water not turning on can hear the pump working, quick call to Graham with instructions to get to the water tank to check the suction on the water pipe. Once cleared we now have water what a relief and it is time to settle in for the night very tired after our long day.