Wembury, bluebells and coast

As the bluebells were finally in flower we thought we would re-do a walk we found last year to see the bluebells in the National Trust's Wembury Woods.  This walk is described at http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356405894339/

We parked at the car park by Wembury village recreational ground and followed the marker posts along the edges of fields until we reached Wembury Woods.  We immediately saw a wonderful display of bluebells.

We continued to walk through the woods, but chose not to go down to the viewpoint by the River Yealm as the path was muddy in parts and we knew it was a steep path down to the viewpoint.  We thought the bluebells were at their peak, but when we reached the bridge over the brook there were some still not out.  This was a pity as I am sure when the bluebells behind the bridge are fully out it will make a lovely photo.

For a while there were not any bluebells in the wood, but we were walking parallel to the River Yealm so this made interesting viewing.  But as we started to climb away from the river the bluebells started again and they were very plentiful in Traine Wood.

It was a fairly steep climb up through the woods up to Hollacombe village, but once we had crossed over the road and started to walk down Traine Road it was downhill back to Wembury village.  As we passed farm gates we had views out to the sea.

This was a lovely walk, especially at this time of the year when the bluebells are in flower.

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Once back to our car we drove to the National Trust car park at Wembury Beach. The sea was looking  lovely and there were several paddle boarders trying to catch the occasional wave.

After eating our lunch we walked along the coast in the direction of Heybrook Bay.  It was interesting to see where there had been landslips earlier in the year, which meant the path had to be brought away from the edge.

We continued to walk until we reached the finger post telling us we had walked a mile and it was a mile to Heybrook Bay.  As we had walked this morning we did not want to have a long walk this afternoon so we turned back.  On the return journey we saw two butterflies.