Gallery
Colin, Nigel, Don, Mark and Mike Ward after lunch on a grassy bank near the Hobby Drive
Riding past Weare Giffard village hall on a detour to Instow
Weare Giffard
Cranberry Cupboard Cottage, Weare Giffard
Mark, Don, Mike and Michael climbing the steep hill out of Weare Gifford (Photo: Colin Brierly)
Do you know where this is? It is somewhere between Weare Giffard and Instow
View of the Torridge Estuary and Bideford, from Instow youth hostel
Worlington House, otherwise known as Instow youth hostel
Sunset over the Torridge Estuary and Appledore, taken from Instow Sands during our evening walk
Finally leaving Barnstaple via Goodleigh Road after finding our way through the one-way system
Approaching Goodleigh Cross
Continuing up the Yeo valley towards Loxhore, at Loxhore Cross
An impressive entrance to a house at Loxhore Cott
Lunch in a field overlooking Wistlandpound reservoir, near Blackmoor Gate
Mark Moreton playing with some expensive equipment over lunch
Mike Ward repairs a puncture over lunch
Colin leads us off-road from Heale towards Hunter's Inn
Continuing on the track from Heale towards the Heddon Valley
The track becomes more testing as it heads downhill through the woods
The final track descent to Hunter's Inn
Descending the rough track towards Hunters Inn (Photo: Colin Brierly)
Don Hassel on the final part of the track to Hunters Inn (Photo: Colin Brierly)
Heddon's Mouth Cleave. Starting out on the coast path from Hunter's Inn to Woody Bay
Colin Brierly, our adventurous tour leader, on the coast path to Woody Bay