Watersmeet to Lynmouth and back in time for cake!

This was our first walk in North Devon where we started to explore some of the north Devon coastal path.

The walk was from Watersmeet which is situated in a wooded valley above Lynmouth. It was about 5 miles and took in some very varied terrain. After climbing steeply in the wooded valley we then crossed up and out over moorland with spectacular views of the coast and out to sea.

We dropped down into Lynmouth and after a short rest to eat lunch we followed the river Lyn back up the wooded valley to Watersmeet again. We had to test out the tea and cake on offer at the wonderful cafe (it would have been rude not to!). There were lots of small birds who obviously were used to picking up the leftovers and a bluetit came and finished off my crumbs.

This was a very beautiful walk with some quite steep sections both up and down.