Thursday June 12, 2014

We were woken up to the lovely sound of English songbirds.  I went back to sleep and got up at 7:30 and put a load of washing in the very clean washing machines.  I made some coffee and we chatted about our day, then Ralf picked up the croissants and I got the eggs ready – what a great start to the day, fresh farm eggs – (scrambled) and warm croissants.  We decided to walk over the moor to Tavistock, it was about a 6 km walk.

It was a lovely walk and we saw a Dartmoor pony with her foal.  The ponies are wild ponies left to roam on the moor.  Ralf managed to get some really nice photos of the pony and her foal, but this is a lovely picture of the foal, the mare wasn\’t far away.

Tavistock is a very historic Town, and had two influences the Abbots and the Duke of Bedford, it was only in recent times (1800s) that the Duke did anything to help the Town, by building the pannier market and encouraging industry.

We had lunch in the pannier market (Devon slang for fruit and veg market). Tour buses drop people of in this area, it was a busy market area.

As we wandered the markets and streets, we happened to look up and notice the viaduct.  It looked as though we could get to it so we walked up a very steep hill and found the Viaduct Walk.  Great views of the Town.

We took a taxi back to the campsite.  We made a lovely meal of sausage, pasta and a spicy tomato sauce – not as good as the one Mat made us, but it tasted good, partly because the sausage was from a butchers shop – not the pre-packaged supermarket stuff.

After dinner, we went to the bar and planned our route for tomorrow.  We need to spend time planning the route, as we really don\’t want to get lost on these little B and C roads again.

A wonderful sunset and then to bed.