Cockington

The weather forecast for today was not good with heavy showers promised.  We took the train to Newton Abbot to do some shopping (M&S Outlet being a favourite shop that we don't have in Plymouth).  At the last  minute when buying our train ticket we decided to get the ticket to Torquay so we had the option of going on there in the afternoon if the weather was kind to us.

After shopping we walked to Decoy Country Park in Newton Abbot.  We had never been there before but thought it was worth a longer visit another time.  But we hurried back to the station this time to make the most of visiting Torquay.

We walked along the seafront at Torquay towards Paignton, but soon turned off to the right to walk up to Cockington.  Soon we were on a walkway separated by the road by water meadows and a hedge. The path followed a stream with yellow irises growing at the edge and bluebells in the wooded banks above it.

Soon we reached Cockington Country Park and walked beside the cricket ground, past large beds of bright azalias  to the craft centre.  After wandering around the various craft shops and workshops and enjoying a cup of tea and cake we headed back to Torquay, walking back via the edge of the lake.

It was a very pleasant walk and destination.  It was a pity I did not have my camera to record the scenes we saw.