Synopsis: A glorious sunny day. Peace and solitude can be found in mid Devon, although the farmers were busy preparing the ground for next year's crops capitalising on the excellent autumn weather.
Morchard BishopMorchard Bishop is obviously a very friendly village, as I was greeted with several good mornings as I wended my way towards the village centre.
This is to be quite a long walk, but I have no reason to feel hurried, as I know there are plenty of buses travelling through my destination of Crediton, well into the evening if I should need one.
Views out towards DartmoorFine views out to Dartmoor. I had a slight feeling of walking in the foothills of Dartmoor, which is always in sight on the horizon.
There were farmers everywhere I went on this walk, busily working on their land, I presume in preparation for the next growing season. The good weather we were having this late in the summer was I suppose too good an opportunity to miss. I think there were more tractors than cars on the roads.
Lamb Inn, Sandford
I was rather curious to see Sandford as it does crop up in our family history on my mother’s side of the family. There’s a lovely old village pub with a cobbled path running before it. The church of Sandford is just up from the pub, and as there are benches on the wall outside, I stop here to eat my lunch.
I did walk towards the church with the intention of seeing inside, but a woman approached me and asked if I was from Historic Churches. I was rather baffled by this question, and could only think to answer, “No, I’m just out for a walk and thought I’d look in to the church. She explained rather apologetically that the church had to be kept locked because of restoration work that was taking place. Eventually it dawned on that there was a charity event on today, in which all churches were meant to be open to visitors who were raising money for church preservation. A church I came across later on this walk had a table of drink and biscuits and a visitors card to sign in expectation of sponsored visitors, although it did appear that I was the one and only visitor, and therefore out compassion I signed the card.
CreditonI knew Crediton church was important, but I’d never been in it before today. The interior is both tasteful and imposing. It feels a bit like a church wanting to be a cathedral. The bright red brick exterior marks it out from so many other churches. I can’t help feeling the proportions are slightly wrong outside, but perhaps that’s just me.
Walk Statistics:
Total Distance: 13.65 miles
Moving Time: 6hrs 03min
Stopped Time: 1hr 33min
Total Ascent: 625 metres
Maximum Elevation: 183 metres
Buses: 50 & H1/H2
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