Babbacombe to Maidencombe

We caught the train then buses to get to St Mary's Church from where we walked down to the South West Coast Path.  We had been here before, when we walked  to Torquay, but this time we went in the opposite direction.  There were some lovely glimpses of the sea, but we were too far back from the edge to have a view all the time.  Some of this was our chosing as we went on a parallel path further back through woodland rather that up and down the cliffs around Shag Cliff.

Looking towards Torquay

 After Watcombe we climbed through the Valley of the Rocks.  The description of this in the SW Coast Path guide had put me off doing this walk in the past, but the "ledge hacked out of the cliff" was not as bad as it sounded.

Again when there was a choice of two paths we took the inland path through woodland, but headed back to the S W Coast Path after a while.  When we reached Maidencombe we knew a bus was due shortly so hurried straight up to the main road - a steep hill.  Next time we will start walking the next section of the Coast Path from Maidencombe and explore the beach before we walk to Teignmouth.

View of the Jurassic Coast