A good day's walk had by all from the picturesque village of Bickleigh. The walk was about 6 miles, the footpath ran along the river Exe towards Tiverton. Starting from the bridge that the locals say inspired Paul Simon to write the song 'Bridge over troubled waters', when he stayed at the local inn. We hoped to turn the existing walk into a circular one by skirting around 'Back Wood'; after climbing up steeply in the woods in the hope of finding a path, we were forced to return to the orignal path. It was still a beautiful walk with great company. Bev only managing to fall twice, Paul once, Pete once and a near miss from Lian and Brian B. We returned to the 'Fisherman's Cot ' and had a well earned drink and carvery. We sang all our favourite Simon and Garfunkel songs in the car on the way to Macdonald's for our pudding. The Mcflurrys went down very well as we discussed what a lovely day we had and how we would love the rest of the group to experience it one day. One Step Beyond Somerset!
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