West Down
Now we haven’t been there for some time and the last time there were lots of youngsters learning about mountain biking and some of them were there again!
Off to follow the walls around and into the woods to drop down an increasingly muddy track to Lower Grenofen but the track alongside the house has been treated to a welcome upgrade, as has the track and car park over the bridge. Up the steep stony track through the woods keeping to the small track to the side and emerging out of the trees to turn right and staying above Bymore wood to reach the road to Bucktor which took us down to Double Waters, and a newly built bridge, which did look a bit of a joke sitting up isolated in a rocky flood plain - thank goodness the rivers weren’t high. A quick stop for a drink by the river, then on along the bank to the final steep up towards the cars, with a stop to admire the clear starlit night, then it all started to happen - was it the space station going over? Apparently not, then another and a third, now presumed to be part of Elons fleet of Teslas (just duck when the batteries run out ) then finally a shooting star, that was a treat.
On to the Spoons and treated to some of the cheapest (and strongest) beer in West Devon.
A good local walk.
Mike