Burgh Island to Starcross
Sunday 21st May 2017
Breakfast at the Burgh Island Hotel, then rather reluctantly checked out, got a taxi to Dartmouth, the ferry across to Kingswear, then the steam train from there to Paignton. A normal train from there to Starcross where I popped in to visit Dad and Janie for a bit before getting the train back to London.
Burgh Island
John's Pictures

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The view at breakfast.

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Lovely terrace - bit too windy to sit out this morning but must be delightful in just slightly nicer weather.

10:36:41
After checking out the tide was out, and I had a bit of a wait for a taxi, so I took my time walking back across the beach to the mainland. The sky was particularly lovely this morning.

10:37:03
Particularly reluctant to leave the Pilchard Inn.

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Both the Burgh Island Hotel and the Pilchard Inn with glorious blue sky.

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Slowly getting further away...

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11:06:08
Back on the mainland now, in Bigbury-on-sea, where I waited for my taxi.

12:22:44
Got a taxi to Dartmouth, which was also looking quite glorious today.

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The ferry.

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The steam train across the water in Kingswear - which means I had barely a few minutes in Dartmouth before I needed to get the ferry across!

12:46:31
On the ferry from Dartmouth to Kingswear.

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Me on the ferry. In tweeds.

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12:53:26
In Kingswear now, getting on the steam train which would take me to Paignton.

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Me on the steam train. In tweeds.

13:20:57
Nice sea views from the steam train as it neared Paignton.

13:22:12
Another odd contrast of colours between this and the previous picture as I switched between my proper camera and my phone.

13:32:08
On arrival in Paignton. The rest of Paignton didn't look very nice to be honest.

15:12:58
Waiting for Dad to finish work outside his office in Starcross.

17:25:42
We were planning to go to the Bridge Inn at Topsham but were surprised to find it closed between lunch and dinner! So instead we came to the Passage House Inn, which isn't nearly as attractive in its current incarnation, but is in a nice spot by the water, and was a regular haunt of my Great Grandfather back in the day.