East Devon Way: Aylesbeare Common to Exmouth. Part Four
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Join me in my third video of the East Devon Way. In this walk I take a walk from Sidbury to Aylesbeare Common.
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Thanks for the informative video again! Really helpful little series and such lovely views….and thanks for reminding people about pooh bags around livestock! 😣👍
Thank you Sarah, so glad you enjoyed it. I've been meaning to do it for years so I'm glad I found a way to break it up into sections so that it can be done with buses. Thanks for watching and your support.
Hi. Excellent video. I did the same walk last week. I'm a birdwatcher, so was particularly interested in the Dartford Warblers, which the Pebblehead Heaths are well known for. I totally agree with your comments on the awkward road sections. The East Devon Way website actually details an alternative route which leaves the path at Woodbury Castle and takes you via Woodbury to join the Exe Estuary trail at Exton. Unfortunately this then misses out Blackhill Quarry and Lympstone Common but gives a longer stretch on the Exe trail.
Hi Richard, thank you and thanks for watching. I didn't know about the alternative route on the East Devon way website thanks for letting me know. I know that route as I've done it before for fun but I agree it misses out on the quarry and common.
The route I think is better is after the common where I said remember this point, is to turn left and head over East Budleigh common and past Squabmoor reservoir then join the cycle trail near Knowle. Although this avoids the Exe entirely it's a lovely walk and much safer route. I recently did the Topsham to Exmouth route and I think if you want to do the Exe estuary that should be the route you take, my personal opinion though of course.
great route!
It is a lovely walk, I love walking the common.
Thanks walking Devon I'm going to do this in the opposite direction as part of the Salmon Way
I've not heard of the Salmon Way, where is that? I'm intrigued...
Hi Rob , I stopped to say hello up at Hawkridge Common. Thanks for another great video, thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was a pleasure meeting you Terry, I'm always caught a little off-guard when somebody recognises me as I don't really expect it even though I was actually making a video at the time, funny lol. I noticed your camera gear, did you get any good shots that day, the clouds were great!
@@WalkingDevon No shots at Woodbury, ended up driving to Maredon Down near Mortonhamstead to capture a sunset😂
Sounds like a lovely day out all the same.
I got lost a lot of times when i was a kids on Woodbury common even even got bitten by an adder when I was 10 lol some good memories
Were you alright after getting bitten? I know children can be affected quite badly by an adder bite. In all my walks I have yet to encounter an adder but they are quite well camouflaged.
@@WalkingDevon I spent a few weeks in hospital and then a few months in a wheelchair as my leg swelled up I cycled home 🤣 from the reservoir area by the bunkers i was only 10 at the time a long time ago tho back think 🤔 was about 97 /98 😂 changed since I played up there
How awful for you, that's a long time to be out of action at that age.
@@WalkingDevon I love it to be honest I was out of school 🤣 for a few week then I had to go 😭 But in a wheelchair I was kind of a naughty kid back then 🤣 and did like school 😅🤣 I could run out of school lol 😂 the over kids in school was amazed as Not even my parents knew about adder snake being poisonous at the time they ended up coming out because there was a fire open Woodbury Common 2 weeks before
Another great video and a long trip. How many miles is it in total? Great idea about using the cycle path, I wonder how easy it would be to get the East Devon Way route changed?
Thank you Andy, it's 39.1 miles in total according to the route I plotted with OS Maps but I don't know it that accounts for the rise and fall of the terrain as that could make it longer. Generally it's said to be 40 miles. Devon County Council maintain all the footpaths here in Devon so they would need to be approached but I think it would be quite a task to not only update all the signposts etc but all the maps as well as online resources. If I make a video detailing the alternative route, basically when I said in the video remember here, you turn left instead of right and plot it with OS maps, I could then approach DCC. However with budget cuts to the Council it may be deemed an unnecessary expense but possibly better in the long run for safety. We shall have to see. Thanks for watching!
I went to walk here. They were burning off gorse so it was very smokey. I had to leave. Also lots of dog walkers not picking up after their dogs. I had my dog with me by the way. One women was picking up after her 3 dogs only to throw it into the bushes!!! Lots of people do not respect the country side.
It's such a shame that the ignorant people spoil it for the rest of us, I wonder if they treat there own garden the same. You never see public information films any more, do you remember the "Don't be a litter lout" one?