28th May - Visit to East Devon - Beer, Seaton

Another Bank Holiday so we headed off to East Devon for the weekend.  We had booked into a CL near Beer for the first 2 nights but could not stay the 3rd night as they were booked up so we found another CL near Sidmouth.

The first CL we stayed on was a lovely field belonging to a farmer.  It seemed as if it was in the middle of nowhere.  We set up and wandered over to the notice board to see what we needed to do about payment.  The notice board had information on things to do around the area, including walks that could be taken.  There was also information about purchasing sausages from the farm.

In the morning the farmer came round to see the new arrivals and catch up with the others on site. It turned out that Jethro's (Cornish comedian) brother was camping on the site. We asked the owners about the sausages and they said they would send some down. They were very helpful and gave us more detailed information on the area.

There were several walks into Beer or Seaton from the site but the quickest one was to walk up over the hill across the fields and then a steep hill down to Beer.



Couchill Farm CL - Our campervan taken from top of hill



We decided to head to Beer and continue to Seaton if there was time.  It was a lovely walk and although the hill was steep into Beer, it was downhill!  I wasn't looking forward to going back though.  We arrived in Beer and strolled around the few shops, we also stumbled on a small craft fayre where I bought a couple of small leather purses for presents.  We found a lovely bakery and coffee shop where we stopped for a lovely coffee and then on the way out of Beer we found a pub garden overlooking the sea and stopped for a cold drink taking in the view .

We then decided that we should continue to Seaton as there was still plenty of time.  Also I was hoping the walk to Seaton would save having to walk back up the steep hill to Beer.

What I hadn't realised was that the walk to Seaton involved climbing as it was a cliff walk and not a stroll along the promenade that I had envisaged.

It was a lovely walk and not as strenuous as I first thought.

 

Cliff path from Beer to Seaton - half way up looking down at Beer beach





We spent a couple of hours in Seaton, but we were not impressed as it was quite run down. 

We were going to take a ride on the tram but felt it was a bit late in the day. 

So we started our walk back to the campsite, using my blackberry gps for directions, but this was not the same as our previous walks as it was through a residential area, however we were quite surprised how close the CL was to Seaton and were soon back at the Couchill Farm. 

When we arrived back, our sausages had been delivered, so we decided to try them for tea.  They were lovely , just a shame they only sell Pork U Pine 4 sausages locally.  We decided to order more to take home for the freezer and will definitely return to the site for more.