Saturday 3rd March, the weather was quite good so we walked into Saltash for lunch (pasties) then continuing down to Lower Fore Street, where we finished our pasties and then went for a walk halfway across the Tamar Bridge, then back again. We then went down to Saltash waterfront to sit with the swans and pigeons for a little while, before deciding to head back home.
Picture 2: …and mute swan at Saltash waterfront (Nyssa)
Picture 3: View of the Royal Albert Bridge, taken from the Tamar Bridge (Zeta)
Picture 4: A section of the Tamar Bridge from the waterfront (Zeta)
Tuesday 6th March, the weather was good again so we walked to Forder for some photography. We set out after lunch, the first part of the walk was mostly road walking. Once we got to Forder, we looked for some ducks to feed, but only found two, which weren’t all that interested, so we continued walking across a grassy field. Here we saw some birds flying around, which were probably buzzards. There were about 5 of them all together in the sky, flying around and calling. We continued walking over the grass to a small trail in the trees. We walked through to the end, took some photographs and decided to head back to the other side of Forder Creek, where the sun was shining. The trail on this side of the creek much longer than the one on the other side, so we killed a lot of time walking through here. The trail was muddy, but gorgeous none the less. We followed this right out into a clearing where we got an amazing view of the Forder Railway Viaduct. This was more towards the bottom of the hill, so we walked to the top, where the view all around was even more amazing. Up here, we took some photographs again, even though the conditions weren’t great for it, and even saw a rabbit. Eventually, we headed back down the trail towards Forder. As we neared, we saw a single Cormorant sitting on a boat, which made for a good photo opportunity. As it was getting late, we just headed straight home.
Picture 2: Trematon Castle, a 12th century shell keep (Nyssa)
Picture 3: Boats resting on the shore while the tide was out at Forder (Zeta)
Picture 4: View from on top of the hill (Zeta)
Wednesday 7th March, we went into Plymouth for some shopping. First off, we had a coffee at Starbucks (Zeta’s first ever), then on to look for clothing. We managed to pick up some new jeans each. We also managed to pick up some bargains at a closing down sports store. Nothing too exciting about this day. We didn’t even manage to take any photos due to shopping.Thursday 8th March, the weather wasn’t too bad. It was cold but a little sunny, so sometime in the afternoon we decided to go for a walk to Latchbrook. It ended up being fairly overcast by the time we got there but it didn’t stop us taking a walk down to a (very muddy) stream for more photography opportunities. We took quite a few photos right along the stream. More towards the end of our walk, we spotted some sheep and their young. A sheep and it’s young were down along the stream, so we went down as far as we could for some cute photos. We continued just a little further where we crossed the stream and into the farmland where Zeta managed to get quite a bit closer to the sheep and lambs, for closer photography. We headed home afterwards, taking our time and taking a couple of detours to find new photography subjects. We found a public bridleway in which we took a walk down, where there were some picture perfect houses and their gardens, took some photos and really headed back home.
Picture 2: A cute lamb which was grazing beside the stream (Nyssa)
Picture 3: Entrance/exit (Nyssa)
Picture 4: Picturesque house and garden along a public bridleway (Nyssa)
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