Weather: Fine
Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles) Total Distance: 1340 miles
I drove to Seaton first to drop the bike off and then back to the large car park at the top of the village of Polperro. The start of the days walk was thus the steep road down to the harbour, parallel to the stream (it was this stream that flooded later in the winter in a storm causing great damage). It was a good autumn day for walking and quite a few people were out walking and playing at Talland Bay.
Looe is reached via Hannifore, a stony beach and road of largish hotels. Looe itself is a bustling fishing town. I stopped for coffee on the west side in a corner cafe where people were beginning to wander in for their Sunday lunch. The crossing point over the river was a road bridge about half a mile upstream but it was a pleasant walk through the town. The east side of Looe has the fishing harbour. A steep path concrete path led out of the Looe and than onto the coastal path again.
The remainder of the walk to Seaton was quite hard, lots of ups and downs, through a wooded area, outside the monkey sanctuary. This led finally onto the road, and then a steep descent into Seaton. I was disappointed to see that my bike had been tampered with; it had been thrown over the railing it was chained to but there appeared to be no damage.
The bike ride back to Polperro took quite a while since the roads were steep and narrow. I had to walk the bike at times such as the climb back out of Polperro.
An Australian couple had booked into Rowan Lodge. We all had dinner together. This was followed by an enjoyable evening together chatting with the Australian man, a trombone player and navy man, talking about brass bands and playing tapes and his wife exchanging desert recipes with Ann.
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