Little Dartmouth to Dartmouth

The weather forecast was for showers, becoming heavier, but the sky was blue so we decided to take a chance on going for a walk.  We drove towards Dartmouth from Totnes, but turned on to the A379 just before getting into the town and looked for signs to Little Dartmouth where we knew there was a NT car park.  Initially we could not find it and when we approached Stoke Fleming we knew we had missed it so we turned around and took the turning to Dartmouth Castle and then followed the direction we thought it should be in (ie right at next junction) and soon came to the car park.  We drank our coffee in the car looking down the coast with a beautiful view of Blackpool Sands and Slapton Sands.

We then headed out down a path marked to the coastal path.  To begin with there was a steepish slope down a field but and the coastal path path went up and down a lot, but the views were magnificent.

Eventually, after 2.5 miles, we came to Dartmouth Castle where we stopped for lunch.  Revived we decided to walk a further mile into Dartmouth.  It was regatta week and we anticipated there would be a lot of activity on the water, but there was just the usual sort of traffic.

After browsing round a couple of bookshops we headed back.  Just after the Castle we took the bridle path rather than the coastal path.  Initially there was a long hill upwards, but once at the top is was fairly flat all the way back to the car.  The car to Dartmouth Castle along the coastal path was 2.5 miles while the return journey was 1 mile.  However, the return journey was mainly on paths between hedges so not so pretty, but not so tiring.

It had been a lovely walk and we had only had one shower and that one only lasted a few minutes and we hardly got wet at all.