Crediton Sunday 03 May 2015
Start: Okehampton
Finish: Crediton
Miles walked today: 19
Total miles: 146
The Youth Hostel is very good. It even has wifi - with a good connection. There was only one other person in the dormitory (which slept eight).
In the morning I made myself a coffee, and compared notes with a pleasant man from the Midlands. A retired electrician, he was spending a few days walking on Dartmoor.
By 8.00 I was walking. A tough day, the lanes and paths were not only tacking either side of my chosen direction, but the brown contour lines on the map were also much too close together. At one point I went over, not taking enough care on slippery stones. No harm done, but a good reminder to myself be careful...
A day also of intermittent rain. Wet weather gear on... rain... rain stops... get very hot... gear off... rain starts... wet weather gear on... you get the idea.
I duck into the Mare and Foal at Yeoford for a pint. Cries of "Lands End to John o'Groats!" go up from the locals, all watching Chelsea v Crystal Palace. It seems like I'm not the only end to ender who has stopped for a pint...
After seeing Hazard get a very dubious penalty, and score, I wander into Crediton. Stopping at the first bench I come to, I Google for accomodation and phone Taw Vale B&B who have a room. Silvia and Peter make me very welcome, and have time to make me a coffee. They have been running their B&B in their lovely house for twenty years, and have a wealth of experience and stories.
