So after our normal lazy start (including mushroom and cheese omelette!) we headed out for Dartmouth. A measure of the laziness of our morning is that we arrived at 1.45pm and it was only a 30 minute drive!
Dartmouth was busy and has very limited parking in the town. After one fruitless drive through, we headed up to the park and ride at the edge of the town. Of course we didn’t have coins to hand so we had the usual frustrating experience of trying to do it via mobile! 15 minutes (and 2 missed busses later!) we gave up and somehow pulled together the necessary coinage. It helped, as it had taken us so long to get sorted it, was now past 2 and into a cheaper rate!
The sun was shining so we headed for the quayside. Of course we were hungry so we found a nice fish restaurant, called Rockfish, and ate in their designated area outside. They used an App ordering / paying system that, once loaded, seemed to work quite well. The fish was ok but the curried mushy peas were a big hit! It was a bit like Peter Kay’s Garlic Bread moment - 2 nice things that really shouldn’t go together- but do!
A dessert of Dartmouth Ice Cream dangling our legs over the quayside and watching all the boats, ferries and canoes was rudely interrupted by the afore mentioned shower!
Once it stopped we had a mouch through the town. There are lots of interesting shops, old buildings and pretty little lanes to appreciate and explore. Culminating in a visit to M&S to buy tea.
The tourists were starting to drift away by this time and the “boaters” come into town. So we spent another pleasant 30 minutes with our legs dangling over another quayside watching it all going on. The ferrymen and water taxis packing up for the day. The folks coming into town on their small boats (presumably from bigger boats) to eat and the shoppers being picked up to go back to their boats. It was fun just to chill and be voyeurs on other folks lives for a bit.
We headed back on the bus to the park and ride at about 6pm.
The sun was out so we decided to go back via Dittisham. We had earlier been watching the Dittisham ferry packing up for the night so we thought if it had a ferry going there, it must be worth a visit!?
And it was. A pretty little place with lots of boats and gorgeous houses - old and new - to nosily oggle at. We spent a pleasant 30 minutes walking around. We did try and sit and read our books by the water but at this stage the wind was stronger than the sun and it was too chilly to stay static for too long!
17 miles home, of which 15 were on Devon single track roads. At one stage, not too far from home, we had the excitement of helping a guy move a big tree branch that had blown down and totally blocked the road. It wouldn’t have been a problem on a normal road but with single track and sheer sides it’s hard to find someone to dispose of a big tree branch on a Devon road?!
Back to Brunnehilda for tea and completing the remaining 2 episodes of The Wire Season 3 box set. Kim stayed awake and focussed for the entire 2 hours so I guess that says it all?
Spoiler alert!! RIP Stringer Bell!
Last day at Smallcombe Farm tomorrow.
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