We have decided to walk to South-West Coast Path in stages over the next couple of years starting with the section from Minehead to Barnstaple this week. We are camping in a central location - probably Lynton - and taking two cars. A campsite near Blackmoor Gate would be more central but more exposed and isolated up near to Exmoor. Lynton sounds a better bet with more facilities nearby in the town and in Lynmouth down the valley.
We leave Sherborne after overnight rain and stop in Taunton to stock up with supplies at Sainsburys and to eat lunch at the Hankridge Arms. We both have their roast beef which is very good.
The weather is excellent as we drive across Exmoor to Lynton, via Exford, and we arrive at the campsite just after 3pm. There is nobody in reception. So we take the advice of a neighbour, who is out gardening, and pick our own spot. It soon starts raining as we assemble the tent and continues raining steadily for the next 3 hours.
When it stops raining we put up the new Front Extension and turn in for an early night.
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