Don't Forget To Check. - Days Out In The Era Of Covid

This particular walk starts at St Clement's Church, Powderham. The Church very kindly allows people to park around it in return for a small donation. But not on Sundays as there are services and the congregation need the parking.

So, from there you walk down the road towards where the railway track is and cross over to go through a gate and access the pathway that runs along the Exe Estuary and towards Turf Locks.

It's at this point that you would normally see a sign for the Turf Locks Hotel/pub with information about opening etc. However, a nearby flock of interesting sheep distracted us and caused us to miss the sign which warned of Tuesday closure and we set off along the path oblivious to the fact that our destination was closed.

The path is used by a lot of cyclists and so with three dogs in tow, we chose to go on the path that runs along the top of the bank running along the estuary.

We decided to walk back along the pathway back to the car.

And in the absence of interesting sheep we noticed the sign we had missed on the outward journey.

Our plan B wa to go into Teignmouth for lunch to one of our favourite little cafes in the centre.

This time we checked to make sure it was open on a Tuesday and sure enough it was.

Nourish is a fantastic cafe serving plant based food and even committed meat eaters like us love this alternative especially since it is so beautifully done.