Torquay ---> Land's End *** Pic Heavy ***

[dannymassive]

As the title of the thread suggests, yesterday a friend and I embarked on a journey from Torquay in South Devon to Land's End.

To make the trip more intersting, we studied maps and planned our route on all the back roads, avoiding duel carriageways. For the route down we travelled the north coast line and on the route back the south coast.

We had a few stops during our trip and took a few photo's of which I can share with you.

To get to the north coast we travelled through Dartmoor National Park. Part way through I spotted an old quarry. It wasn't the famous Haytor quarry - it was "Merrivale Quarry". Alike Haytor, Merrivale was quarried for it's Granite Stone although it closed quite recently in 1997. The main buildings at the quarry are still standing although they have been vandalised.

Here is the entrance to the quarry : (Don't know what happened here, but my bike looks squashed!)
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0541_zpsd2e757ba.jpg
Inside one of the buildings :
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0549_zps4d53a6f4.jpg
Electric's look safe?! :
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0550_zpsae74ad3f.jpg
Note the machinery has been removed - here's where it once stood :
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0551_zps8d7c8838.jpg
Not quite sure what this is?!
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0556_zps5cef63f2.jpg
Where the Granite was quarried now leaves a lake :
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0553_zpsec104c51.jpg

Next stop was quite some ride away, on the B3301. We stopped off at a cafe that was recommended to me called "Hell's Mouth Cafe".
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0578_zps5ec1e6a8.jpg
Hell's Mouth is a beach below the cliffs opposite the cafe that is not accessable without proper climbing gear. It's a bit of a drop, but one "hell" of a view! Excuse the pun!
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0571_zps5180d00f.jpg

https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0572_zps48a6f82d.jpg

The food was good and the coffee was great - as it was recommended to me, i'd not think twice about recommending it myself.
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0566_zpse190c2ad.jpg

Next stop was not that far away in St. Ives. Again, great scenery.
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0582_zps06eca262.jpg
One word of warning to anyone planning on visiting this town though...... not one single petrol station! Rode around frantically trying to find one, resorted to asking a local who advised that the nearest one is in Hayle (about 5 miles away). There used to be a few in St. Ives, but they have since closed.

As we were there, by bike reached a milestone 13k miles!
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0584_zpsf5b56cce.jpg

Finally arrived at Land's End.......
Parked up and had a look around:
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0587_zpsd6fc6e8c.jpg
The well known Land's End / John O' Groats sign is severly commercialised - you have to pay to stand next to it and have your photo taken by a "professional"!
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0588_zpsbf93da6d.jpg
Needless to say, the crafty option was taken and I was snapped from behind the railings!
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0589_zpscbe86174.jpg

Took another "crafty" photo on our way out at the entrance:
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc378/dannymassive/Lands%20End/IMG_0596_zpsdbb54407.jpg

Enjoyed the ride back and caught the Higher Ferry from Dartmouth to Kingswear before heading back to Torbay!
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A great day's ride!
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[andymach23]

Excellent flicks. Cheers

[pepperami]

cool trip out is cool
Although why has someone squashed your bike? best check your sub-frame
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[orac]

nice trip, when you were at the quarry you were less than 10 miles from me.

did you go and see burritor resivoir too, or maybe good old dartmoor prison.

however you have reminded me to go and have a look around haytor quarry

also as a side note, you can get into all of the old buildings, however i am note sure you want too, with all the bird and sheep crap thats in them. i think sheep hang out there out of the bad weather that is pretty much standard on that part of the moor

heres a pic of the quarry i took a month befrore you

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/9073685287_9544d5403b_b.jpg
Untitled_Panorama1_edited-2 by f2268d215cc925918731918f4efa0289, on Flickr

i didnt think posting the 22450 wide version wold be a good idea
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[orac]

havent been to avon dam yet, its is on my to do list along with meldon and fernworth along with various other locations.

most places i have been, but without my camera and current camera skills
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