The last day of three (Day 1 and Day 2 here) and I felt pretty good. This had been my first long ish walk, over multiple days and I was feeling like I could carry on for at least two more days. I’ve already started looking at the South West Coast Path for next year, maybe doing parts of it that I can do in 4 or 5 days. There’s also lots of paths like this one, or the Two Moors Way, plenty to choose from down here. On to today and I knew that the majority of the route would be on tarmac, with the cycle route 27 taking me most of the way. First however the West Devon Way drops out of Yelverton and down to the River Plym for a lovely section through fields by the River Plym, before joining the Route 27 just before the brilliant Leighbeer Tunnel, once through that its downhill to Plym Bridge. Once there, the people count increases and the noise and smells of Plymouth come to the fore. I’ve walked the section through Saltram plenty of times and by this section I just wanted to get to Hooe Lake. Hooe Lake is a decent spot to finish and I can see why they kept going past the A379 so as to finish on a high note and also link in nicely with the South West Coastal Path.

All in all it was a good walk, shame about the weather but normally the end of June would be a good bet for decent weather, just not this time. Here’s to the next one.

Start – Yelverton

Route – Yelverton Church – Drake’s Leat – River Plym – Leighbeer Tunnel – Route 27 – Plym Bridge – Marsh Mills A38 – Saltram – A379 – Hooe Lake

Distance –  11.5 miles    Start time – 9.45am     Time taken –  5hrs 15mins  Highest Point – Yelverton 188metres

Weather – Drizzle in places, mainly cloudy, brightened up a bit coming through Saltram