Whilst staying at the Lynton Camping and Caravanning Club site we were determined to walk from the site to Lynton Town via the Valley of the Rocks even though the weather was atrocious – very wet and very windy.  You leave the site at the main entrance, turn right and walk up the lane and turn right again onto a bridlepath just past the outskirts of the site.  You then simply keep walking downwards on a zig zag route heading towards the Lee Abbey that you can see at the bottom.  Once you come to the Abbey ( which incidentally isn’t an Abbey at all but a Christian Centre ) you can either go left to Lee Bay or as we did turn right and take the road towards the Valley of the Rocks.

The first thing to see on the left is a sign pointing to a clump of rocks and if you look at the rocks you can see the outline of a lady in a hole in the rocks. Quite remarkable.  Carry on walking and then head left along a footpath to the sea.  From here you can walk along a coastal path to either Lynton or Lynmouth.

We headed for Lynton and in different weather conditions there would have been some excellent gardens to visit but we kept going until we came to the water powered Cliff Railway that goes between Lynton and Lynmouth.  All along the walk are spectacular views of the cliffs, the sea and Lynmouth bay.  Lynton itself is a very nice small town with a number of shops, cafes and a very good Tourist Information Centre in the Town Hall.

It’s very easy to see why the Victorians took to the area so much and why it is so popular nowadays, if only the weather was better.  We then decided to catch a bus to Caffyn’s Cross and from there it was a 5 minute walk back to the site.  The site office by the way sells a very good map for around £2 that is excellent and a bargain at the price.