Dawlish to Dawlish Warren

It was a sunny January day.  I wanted to go shopping in Newton Abbott, but the weather was too good to spend all day indoors, so we decided to catch the train to Dawlish and have a walk along the South West Coast Path to Dawlish Warren before catching the train back to Newton Abbott for shopping.

There were stones and sand on the path showing the sea had been over the sea wall in the recent storm but today we could walk along in the dry, admiring the calm sea on one side and the trains going along on the other side.  The views were beautiful as we looked down the Jurrassic coast.

The cliffs were red as vegetation has slipped recently.  Men were working on one section and another part looked precarious with water flowing down the cliff.  There were some interesting shapes in the cliff face where earth had been worn away.

Newton Abbott to Teigngrace

It was a mild November day so we wanted to make the most of it and go for a long walk, but we thought footpaths would be muddy after all the rain we have had recently, so we chose to walk along the Templar Way as this is a cycle path a lot of the way.

We caught the train to Newton Abbott and then walked down past Tuckers Maltings to the cycle path that led along the River Lemon.  This led into Jetty Marsh Nature Reserve and then along the old canal up to Teignbridge.  Most of the time there was a good path, although it did get very muddy at the end.  It was a pleasant flat walk, but nothing special to see except the occasional mushrooms and berries on the trees.

Tree full of berries

Close up of berries.