Templer Way

A longish walk today: 12 kilometres on the Templer Way, local footpaths and by-roads. Valerie went off to meet with a friend and dropped me at Stover park. The Templer Way runs from Hay Tor quarries on Dartmoor to the river Teign near Teignmouth. The first part follows the line of the granite tramway down from Dartmoor to Stover near Bovey Tracey. It then picks up the line of the Stover canal which it follows to Newton Abbot. Part of my walk today was along the old canal, now totally derelict and overgrown. It is well 'way marked' (a railway truck wheel with a barge tiller) and easy to follow.
After walking the Camino I do miss the coffee stops! In the U.K. there are very few 'bars' and the traditional English pubs are getting fewer every day! Today though, I called in at a local hotel/restaurant and had a black coffee. Black because another thing the English don't do very well is 'cafe con leche'!




Photos:
The path near the canal. The Templer Way marker can be seen on the post.

"Light and Shade" The footbridge over the River Teign. (The green box is part of the flow-meter system.)