East Portlemouth to Gara Rock

We drove to Salcombe and parked the car in the road leading down to North Sands.  It was nearly high tide so not much beach, but it was still a pleasant view as we had our morning coffee.

We walked from there to the ferry steps where we took the ferry to East Portlemouth.  As the tide was in we walked along the road to Mill Bay and then followed the path through woodlands along the edge of the estuary, occasionally getting views across to Salcombe and the yachts sailing up and down the estuary.   The water was a beautiful azure blue.

Looking across to South Sands

The path followed the coast around and we could see round to Hope Cove and beyond.  The path was narrow and steep at times, but there were no long hills to climb and the views were worth the effort.

Looking down the coast

We eventually came to Garra Rock.  But there was no hotel there, just a building site where they were building expensive looking apartments.  At this point we walked inland and then made our way back through woodlands to Mill Bay.  It was a good path and a shorter way back, but we missed the spectacular sea views.

We stopped at Mill Bay for a late lunch - all the benches along the way had been occupied by other walkers taking a rest!  The tide had now gone out sufficiently for us to walk back to East Portlemouth along the beach.

Having taken the ferry back to Salcombe we walked into the town and had tea at our favourite cafe overlooking the harbour.  Then we walked back to North Sands seeing where we had walked on the other side of the estuary.

Looking across to East Portlemouth