Pics to follow, Tuesday night or Wednesday morning
A completely calm night in our sheltered spot, without a breath of wind. Also a clear night, with an abundance of stars
Wake to the sound of light rain on the tent, and then go off to explore the delights of the composting toilet
This is spotlessly clean, and no odour whatsoever
Job done, it's off to make my porridge in this onion dome shelter. It was created as a prototype disaster relief shelter, light and easy to assemble. Unfortunately the curved side pieces were not as transportable as flat-pack shelters, so the idea never progressed
I also have two of the free range eggs that were bought yesterday. Very tasty
Breakfast out of the way we set off walking in the rain, but our tents etc still on the campsite. The plan is to walk down to Moss Nayo, cross the estuary at low tide to pick up two days worth of lunches at Newton Farrers.
The causeway emerges from the water
Taking local advice the best place to pick up a picnic is at The Green cafe. So that's where we go, only to discover they are closed on Mondays.
Second choice is the community post office, whose pasties are just about to come out of the oven.
Food bought, it's back across the water and to walk the five or so miles around the Noss Mayo headland arriving back at our campsite. If all goes to plan, the rain will stop, the sun will come out and our wet tents will have dried.
The sun comes out
It's so much easier to be walking without our heavy packs, through sheltered woodland
First proper glimpse of the sea
The skylarks are singing in the sky, even the Devon cows are happy as they chew the cud
The tents are indeed dry. It's great when a plan works
After a leisurely lunch, we saddle up our packs and continue on our way. The wind has dropped to a gentle breeze, it's lovely and warm, we couldn't ask for more
Inside the ruined church of St Peter
The next 10 miles of coast laid out before us
On reaching the Erme estuary we have to stop. We need to wait for the tide to go out before we can continue. That will be 9.30 tomorrow morning. In the meantime we need to find a discrete place to camp in this no camping area
I am unhappy with the beach area, which although it has just enough flat grass for our two tents is rather public. The nearby Flete estate claims ownership of the entire estuary, including our beach, and overnight camping is expressly verboten
I retrace my steps along the coastal path to have a second look at some likely looking spots I had seen earlier
This remote spot is 150ft below the path, right next to the sea. If someone wants to move us on from here then at least they will have to go to some effort
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