Although it started as a drizzly morning, the cloud soon drifted off leaving a particularly pleasant early Autumn day. I picked up a card with a walk on, which was really helpful with step by step instructions on the back.
 When we reached Fingle bridge we took the path on the other side of the river as it was a much better quality and took the bridge at point 6.



The scenery was incredible. As the castle was on top of the hill there was a long descent into the valley which at some stages was uncomfortably close to the drop off into the valley for me and then rather steep. However, we did see an elderly man with a stick very steadily ascending as we were heading down so if he'd come from the bottom I was mightily impressed!


 There were so many beautiful early autumn sights to be seen.



 I was pleased to see the most quaint old structure when we arrived at Fingle bridge. Imagine how disappointing it would be if there was a drab concrete slab. This old masterpiece was so narrow, clearly designed for carts with little triangles for people on foot to dive into to save them from being crushed to death by carts ploughing on through.
We sought refreshments at the Fingle Bridge Inn which was unmissable and we chose to sit outside to take it the soothing flow of the river. I ended up with a milky coffee somehow (guess we got crossed wires) and fortified myself with a Mars bar. Holiday perks!
There was an interesting collection of 10 prints around the Castle Drogo grounds, we spotted some of them and I did intend to read up further on the inspiration but it slipped my mind.

Our path on the far side of he river was far superior and made for easy walking with lovely views.

After the steep path down the valley, I did have concerns about how we were going to get back UP! Strangely, we didn't even break into a sweat. The path wound it's way uphill at quite a pace as it seemed in no time at all we surfaced.
A rather lovely way to spend the day.
Sophie