Lee Bay

Today we got the weather we were expecting yesterday - heavy clouds and rather windy, with a bit of rain. After breakfast we decided to walk along the coastal path from the house to Lee Bay along the Torr's walk. The garden gate from the house leads straight on to the path (part of the South West Coastal Path) and it is an extremely hilly walk to Lee Bay, with some very steep ascents and consequently some steep declines. We walked there and back and it was only just over 8km but it took just under an hour each way due to the inclines. 

The tide was out and all the rocks were exposed, as seen here. I presume this is a private house located in this prime position, and I am sure it must be one of the most coveted houses in the area! I would love that house in that position - but then again maybe not, as I imagine the wear and tear from being so close to the sea must be very onerous. 

In the extras you can see how close the path gets to the cliff edge at times - and one of Xena enjoying the walk. She has been brilliant on this holiday, walks so well next to us without a lead. Today she came across a herd of cows and only looked at them and then walked on - a little lamb held her interest for longer but visions of the farmer with a shotgun had me recalling her very sharply and she listened, good girl! 

It was such a tiring walk that I have been lazy for the rest of the day. I finished editing my photos and caught up on Blip. I also watched the last episode of The Secrets She Keeps on iPlayer - whew, wasn't that a tense drama.

The boys played golf in the afternoon and they said it was extremely challenging with that strong wind, but Gavin still managed to get a birdie so he was pleased.

I have been reading a very interesting article written by someone whose whole family including two young children all had Covid-19. I never realised that Covid-19 is defined as a vascular infection, not a respiratory one, which is why it affects those with compromised vascular systems more - diabetes, clogged arteries, obesity, heart problems. To get infected you need a dose of 1000 viral particles - breathing gives out 20vp/min, speaking gives out 200vp/min whereas coughing and sneezing give out 200 million vp.min. If you get it it is all about monitoring the oxygen sats in your body, ideally using a pulse oximeter which coincidentally we have, as we bought one last year when going to the high altitude area of Cusco. Anyway, it's all food for thought. As for those scientists with their scare mongering statistics about how many will get infected in a winter spike, I wish they would shut up as it is all just modelling and not proven and does nothing to help the nation. It takes a very long time to get conclusive evidence which clearly they do not have.

Today is our last day here, I have so enjoyed visiting Devon, but tomorrow it is back to Surrey and back to the usual routines again.

If anyone fancies seeing more of my Devon images you can look here.