With the tourist upon us and Sunny days a plenty, we down at The Saltrock HQ know a local spot or two around the North Devon coast where there is always a little bit of peace and quiet away from the crowds.
CROW POINT
When the traffic is backed up, the car parks are full and there’s not a space to be had between one families oversized windbreak and the next one’s game of Frisbee there’s a place that we know we can get some space and piece and quiet.
Braunton Burrows is a unique experience and the first designated Unesco biosphere reserve. Even better think about the environment and park the car in Braunton’s village car park pop on a pair of board shorts and cycle down the Tarka Trail – not forgetting to stop off at Saltrock’s Factory Shop at Velator for a few bargain priced t-shirts to update your holiday wardrobe.
Follow the lane down past Velator quay and along the toll road crossing Braunton Marsh alongside the dykes and ditches filled with wildlife. Look out for rare sighting of a Little Owl or spot an Egret. Stop to feed the Swans and watch the Moorhens and Coots paddle alongside you and great Devon Ruby Red graze soulfully in the marshy fields.
Once you get to Crow point make it round the lighthouse and set off across the beach towards Airy Point. Make sure you pack your rucksack with a bottle of ginger beer and a sandwich or two, but don’t forget to take your rubbish home with you.
Spot Instow and the white sails of the sailing club in the distance and Westward Ho! around the corner. On a sunny day – with the crowds of Saunton in the distance you really could be anywhere in the world.
(www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/biospher_reserves/braunton)
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