Wembury Woods

 I had heard that there were a lot of bluebells in Wembury Woods so we decided to go and see if they were out. We were following the walk @ http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/servlet/pdf/1/360479/Trail/Walking/Wembury_Woods_walk.pdf.

We drove to Wembury village and parked by the playing fields.  There was a clearly marked path across fields to Wembury Woods.  There were lots of views across the countryside and down to the River Yealm and the creek.  Unfortunately it was low tide so it did not look as attractive as it could have.  Once we reached the woods we saw that the woodland floor was covered with bluebell flowers, but only a few were out.  We continued walking down towards Cofflete Creek to a viewpoint where there was a seat.  This was the only steep slope on the walk.  Having walked back to the path we continued through the wood gradually going up hill.  Wembury Woods then became Hollocombe Woods and then Traine Woods.

Eventually we came out to the main road at Hollocombe.  The walk directions told us to follow this road back to Wembury village.  But as it is a busy road with no pavements we chose to go in the other direction and cross over the road and walk down Traine Road which is a single lane road and part of the Erme-Plym Trail. Between hedges on this road we could see the sea at Wembury. The road came out on the main road at the Odd Wheel Pub, so it was then only a short walk back to the car.

This is definitely a walk we will do again, and probably in just a few weeks time when all the bluebells are out.  It should look spectactular then.  Hopefully we will be able to time our visit to high tide to get the best views of the river and creek.