Excerpts from my journal: The walk along the coast was easy although a bit of a climb by the church out of Wembury. There was then an easy wide path leading to the ferry pier where I arrived at 10.15, the ferry was due to run between 10.00 and 11.00. I changed the indicator to a white circle to signify that I wanted the ferry to cross the River Yealm and waited and waited and waited. Eventually at 11.00 the water taxi arrived ‘sorry if you have been waiting long but I came down at 10.00 and nobody was there so I went off and did a couple of jobs’! I had been getting quite cold but I didn’t have the courage to complain.
Having walked to the River Erme that I couldn't wade across I went by road via Mothecombe to Bugle Rocks, The Old School, Battisborough, my B&B for the night where I arrived at 15.30. So it did take about 4 hours as it was quite a way to get to the B&B from the river. BUT it was from the other side of the river after the water taxi turned up.
Whilst waiting for the landlady to turn up I looked at the following days walk, I needed to get to the other side of Bigbury-on-Sea between 10.00-11.00 to catch the ferry to get across the River Avon, if I wasn‘t there by 11.00 the ferry didn't run again until 15.00-16.00 (I got there at 09.50). As a consequence I arranged for a taxi at 07.00 the next morning to take me round to the other side of the River Erme. The taxi ride took about half an hour to get about 20 yards across the other side of the river.
My boots also gave out during this walk as they let in water, although I continued with them. Wearing plastic bags inside the boots only made my feet slip around, it was a good idea but it didn't work for me. I think that it was the continued use in very good weather that dried them out and made them crack.
Only mentioned the minor mistake so that you knew that I had read it all! You should give a prize for the next person to spot it!
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Pennine Way 2005&2014; C2C 2006; SWCP 2007; WHW 2008; GGW 2008; Dales Way 2011; Clev.W 2012; Yorkshire W.W. 2012; Offa's Dyke 2013; Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path 2014; Pembrokeshire Coast Path 2015: Final parts to complete Land's End to Tain 2016/7.