Dunkery Beacon & Lynmouth

Tuesday 28th September

A grey mist soon lifted as the sun rose above the surrounding hills this morning. Clear blue skies promised a lovely day so so, after a rather leisurely start we headed off for our second attempt at Dunkery Beacon.

Success! The weather closed in as we walked, however, so that as well as the scenic panorama of the South Wales coast from the top we could also see approaching rain showers. The return to the car was rather hurried but we got back before any rain. There were showers around us but a small bit of blue sky above lit up the fields leading down to the coast and treated us to a lovely rainbow.

We then headed north to the coast road, stopping briefly to take some photos as we approached Lynmouth.





The village itself was very touristy & full of souvenir shops & cafes. The exhibition describing the great flood of 1952 was moving. 34 people were killed and many houses were washed away or damaged. We then took the rather elegant water powered Victorian cliff railway up to Lynton at the top of the cliff. There I found a shop selling inexpensive leather handbags so I bought two! A cream tea completed the afternoon before driving back through the moorland mist to settle down in our cosy caravan.

Elvie

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