Wonwell to Westcombe beach

Having parked our car at the pretty village of Kingston we set off up a quiet road towards Wonwell.  Soon we turned off the road and walked across a couple of fields.  There was magnificent views across south Devon to Dartmoor beyond from these fields.  We then entered Furzdown Woods and went down the narrow path to Wonwell beach.  The tide was quite low so people were walking across the River Erme at this point.

Wonwell Beach

Looking up the River Erme

We then walked along the South West Coast path, which went up and down as it came to various coves.  Before long we could see across to Burgh Island and Bigbury.  And the views were beautiful.

Eventually we approached Westcombe Beach.  First we had to negotiate the zig zag path down to the beach, that was very steep and long.  We were glad to stop at the beach and eat our lunch, sheltered from the wind, with the sun beating down on us.

We were pleased that we did not have to climb up the path on the other side of the beach, which looked just as tough as the path downwards.  Instead we walked by the side of the river up the valley.  It was a muddy bridle path which led gradually upwards to Kingston and back to our car.