TMW - Morchard Bishop to Drewsteignton

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26.24km!! Our longest section yet ?? with a decent elevation of 640m too. Whilst we were feeling it in our feet towards the end (an achey burn & increasing hot spots where the blisters are brewing) we actually stormed the first half with relative ease & felt like we could have gone on a little longer if we’d needed to (physically wise the backpack actually feels like a day bag!) I’d like to think it’s a sign we are maybe building up some stamina but it’s probably because of the massive portions of carb-heavy food we ate at the pub last night and scrummy fresh pastries & fruit & yoghurt & cereal we had this morning. But either way, it felt better then yesterdays walk ?

The actual walk continued mostly through farmers fields today with some longer stretches of country lane walking, which is where you can speed up but also gets a little boring and the harder surface is harder going on the feet. We met a couple of couples walking the TMW (Nobos), Paul saw an owl flying between trees (maybe), Paul also got electrocuted on a farmers fence (he was ok - but a whole section of today had roped off bits of the footpaths with electric roping! They provide a plastic handle bit to hold but the first one we came across you couldn’t access the handle from our side!) and, I promise this is true, we helped another lamb! Maybe we’ll become shepherds.

Anyways, Barley Meadow touring park, just down the road from the TMW path before hitting Drewsteignton, gave us a friendly & enthusiastic welcome when we arrived at 5pm, congratulating us for making it. They also have a well stocked shop (including Creme eggs!) hot showers, an indoor space with pool table & games & laundry facilities… which we might use tomorrow as we’ve given ourselves a rest day here. Half way through the TMW, we’ll get back to the trail Tuesday, when hopefully our feet will feel better about continuing!

Happy Easter everyone!

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Photos

Railway crossing
Actually blocked one side from some work done last year! Finished but still blocked! Had to climb around it.

Lunch spot
Space to dry tent out in the sun whilst resting