Hartland Quay

Brooding cliffs near Hartland Quay

Note the tiny kayak pulled up onto the Hartland Quay ramp. It turned out that this was the boat being used by a young Rheumatoid Arthritis consultant, Martin Lee, who was kayaking round the British Isles in an attempt to raise £100,000 for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS). He was waiting for the sea to moderate before setting off across the Bristol Channel via Lundy to South Wales, a journey of some 50 miles!

The Crackington Haven Inn, good accommodation, food and beer - what more would you want?

Lundy looms on the horizon, in the clear weather appearing deceptively close.

Sea Thrift covers an old wall. Sea Thrift grows by the summer sea, Till the summer’s close, On a grassy cliff, ’neath a radiant sky, While sun and summer and wind go by, Sea thrift blows and blows. -Dollie Radford (1858-1920)

Looking South from the South Hole Farm area.

Embury Beacon Iron Age Fort. Over half of this fort has been lost to erosion and before any more disappears over the cliffs archaeologists are investigating the site on behalf of the National Trust. Here is a cross section of a rampart giving clues as to the possible original height and depth and construction.

The cross section looking down from above.

Waterfall at Welcome Mouth.

Marsland Mouth

The end of the North Devon section of the path - across this bridge lies Cornwall (Kernow in the ancient Cornish tongue).

From Marsland Mouth looking North

Incredible upheavals have moulded the rock over time on the back of Gull Rock

Looking like a giant pterodactyl's head, Gull Rock noses out to sea.

The Rectory, Morwenstow, a splendid B&B which was the overnight stop.

The church and Rectory, Morwenstow.