As part of the Sidmouth and East Devon Walking
Festival on 24 September, local ramblers
set out on a walk called ‘In Search of Sir Walter Raleigh’.
The idea was to
tour the places associated with the Great Elizabethan, culminating in a visit
to Fairlynch.
Led by East Devon Ramblers
member Norma Self, who started the festival with Ted Swan in 2014, the group met
at the Public Hall in Budleigh Salterton before heading for Hayes Barton via
Dalditch, Bystock and Squabmoor. Then it was back through East Budleigh,
admiring picturesque Vicars Mead, where young Walter may have received his
early schooling, and a visit to All Saints Church to see the Raleigh family
pew.
The final destination of Fairlynch and the Raleigh 400 exhibition, opened
up specially for the group, did not disappoint.
I really should have been in costume
to welcome them.
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