Beer Alston village hall car park was quieter than normal. Off down the tarmac road to Lockridge Farm with great views over the valley below and glimpses of the Tamar. Thunder rumbling from dark clouds over Cornwall. It's cherry time in the Tamar valley and I have never seen so many as this year. ( Thoughts of a sour cherry sauce with a nice piece of venison). Following the river through woods with elegant oaks allowing occasional glimpses of the water. On past Ward Mine with a brief stop to watch a tree creeper doing its thing on a huge ash tree. The embankment opposite Calstock gives a very different view of the village. Then its back into wonderful mixed woodland to the lovely cottages near Tuckermarsh quay - and there he was in one of the gardens, big enough to eat a whole cabbage in one mouthful. Up to Tuckermarsh the cars and no pub!
Mike