Budleigh Salterton to Beer

After a pleasant stay and catch up with friends in Exeter, Pat kindly drove us back to Budleigh Salterton.

Our friends Rich and Ruth have joined us for a couple of days and Pat was going to walk as far as Sidmouth.

The route started out quite flat with a detour around an estuary. But soon there were steep climbs and descents over the hills. 

We said goodbye to Pat at Sidmouth and stocked up on some supplies for lunch. We continued a few miles further before stopping at a nice beach.

It was lovely and warm in the sunshine and you could hardly believe we are now in November. 

After lunch we continued to Branscombe which is the famous site where goods from the container ship MSC Napoli were washed up in 2007. Police had to patrol the beach to prevent the hoards of people arriving scavenging the washed up goods.

We arrived in Beer a little early to get into the YHA so headed for a Beer in Beer at the Barrel of Beer (pub).

Nature fact: We have been seeing lots of Parasol mushrooms growing in the fields. This was a particularly tall one.

Apparently these are very tasty but other deadly mushrooms can looks very similar and are easily mistaken!