Rewalk

Teignmouth → Starcross

Distance: 7.9 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: 3 hours 11 minutes

Brunel-on-Sea
« Shaldon | Exmouth »

After the Shaldon walk we continued on to Starcross. It's a section of the South-West Coast Path which Em hadn't yet completed. We've decided every now and then to rewalk those parts which I've finished but she hasn't.

I know this walk well and it never fails to impress: the railway and the footpath sandwiched between bright red cliffs and thundering sea. Every now and then a wave crashes against the sea wall and spills over the path. For a short distance the railway passes through five tunnels while the path climbs up and over the cliffs before reuniting.

Originally walked on 21 February 2001.

Coastwalk , South West Coast Path

Shaldon → Teignmouth

Distance: 1.66 miles
Ascent: 17 metres
Duration: 36 minutes

The unseen village
« Torquay | Starcross »

When Jez and I walked the coast from Torquay to Teignmouth eight years ago we took the ferry the sort distance across the River Teign. Continuing my theme of walking-out ferries, today Emma and I took the ferry from Teignmouth to Shaldon then walked back to town across the Teign Bridge and through the docks.

Although I've been coming to Teignmouth all my life, I've never been to the dock area. So I was surprised to see streets evocative of a Cornish fishing village ABP's warehouses.