Another beautiful beautiful adventure. We head off to Lynton and Lynmouth twin towns on the northern coast of Devon which are on the edge of Exmoor. It wasn't far as the crow flys but on the narrow A roads it still took a little over an hour to get there. We drove through Lynton to the Valley of the Rocks which is a very interesting rugged landscape on the Atlantic coast. We saw some very large goats there - huge in fact. We then went on to Lynton a village with lots of charm - the lady in the information centre told us to go to Hewitt Hotel for the best Devonshire tea overlooking the water - and she was right. We then walked down through the beautiful gardens of the hotel on very narrow slippery paths to Lynmouth until I was sure we were on the wrong track and told David that we may never be seen again. After all the rain north Devon has had the track was very tricky and slow. The tide was out again but it did not take away from the beauty of the village. After walking around Lynmouth we caught the water powered train/lift back up to Lynton, it's a very quiet, smooth trip that only takes a few minutes. We spent a bit more time in a craft shop before driving back to Appledore (sounds Harry Potterish) for dinner. We followed a bus load of children from the Czech Republic in big coach all the way to Barnstaple, we thought it was a miracle they arrived in one piece. We had a drink before dinner and the new publican who befriended us yesterday showed us upstairs and told us his plans for renovations. We both had the lemon sole for dinner and were back home by 9:00pm. An early night tonight as we have to get up early in the morning for Rick Stein's Cooking Course in Padstow.
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