Another day, and more drizzle! We did manage to see the sun a bit today, and it only rained for a little bit, so we consider this a "dry" day. I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation if we keep walking this much!

We started out the day in Brixham. It's a small port in the Torbay area - just across from Torquay, where we were yesterday. This port is more of a working port, with more fishing boats, and fewer tourists. It still has quite a lot of activity and shops, but just not to the same level at Torquay. We walked all around the harbor, and shared some fish and chips for lunch. This time, we got them as a take-away, and ate them right on the harbor.

We then drove to Kingswear. I think Paul is bound and determined to take me on some of the smallest roads in Britain, although we did see smaller roads later. Kingswear is a really small town on the river Dart, with virtually nothing in it. The main point of driving to Kingswear is to take the ferry over to Dartmouth. There isn't a bridge over the river Dart for miles, so this is the quickest way to get to Dartmouth at this point. You can take your car over, or just go over as a passenger. Since there was easy parking in Kingswear and the ferry ran until 11pm, we decided to just go over as foot passengers. The ferry runs continuously, and only takes a few minutes to cross the river. You can see Paul on the ferry here.

In Dartmouth, Paul and I went on another forced march to the Dartmouth Castle. This castle is a ruin, and we didn't tour it. There was a lovely tea shop at the castle, though, and we had another cream tea. It was sunny at the start of our tea, then it started drizzling, and then it got sunny again. All of my Michigan readers - if you think the weather there is unpredictable, you need to visit England! There were some really lovely views along the walk of the river, the boats, and the opposite coast. It's probably hard to see in the pictures, but when the sun was out, the green on the hills was soft and warm. These rolling hills separated by dark green hedges are very typical in England, and really make you feel like you are someplace else. I can't think of anyplace in the states that looks like this.

On our walk back along this two-way road, we got to see several cars attempting to go through the road in each direction at the same time. I am so glad we walked for this part of the trip!

Dartmouth is a buzzing town with lots of interesting shops with artwork, clothing, fishing supplies, and the usual tourist goods. Some of the shops were closed on Sunday, but we were bound to run into that at some point. The market here looks really interesting, and is definitely historic, but it only runs on certain days (Sunday wasn't one of them!). For dinner, we found a Thai restaurant. Next on our list of foods to find is Turkish food (hummus, stuffed grape leaves, moussaka - yum!) and Cornish pasties!

Finally, just for dad, a picture of the steam engine train that departs Kingswear and goes along the Dart up to a few different cities along the way.