PLYMOUTH LEISURE TIME INFORMATION TOURISM Plymouth Mayflower, 3-5 The Barbican, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2LR. Tel 01752 306330 Walk on the WILDSIDE JO VAUGHAN MAKES A NOISE ABOUT A STROLL FROM THE CLUB’S PLYMOUTH SOUND SITE IN THE SOUTH-WEST HE CLUB site at Plymouth past Heybrook Bay. This is a truly Sound is simply stunning, spectacular walk overlooking rocky bays, T perched above the coastline sandy beaches and gorse-covered offering unfettered views of the sea. The headlands. Once you’ve enjoyed site is just a few minutes from the South your exercise, it’s a short drive into West Coastal Footpath, giving you the Plymouth to enjoy a variety of option of turning north or south in order attractions, including the National to enjoy the sort of views you just can’t Marine Aquarium and the City Museum. ❖ get any other way but on foot. If you want to burn off even more For our stroll we head south along the calories, there’s always the south-west’s coast path, walking towards and then largest ski centre... JUNE 2008THE CARAVAN CLUB MAGAZINE 73 LEISURE TIME PLYMOUTH START INFORMATION GENERAL NEAREST CLUB SITE: Plymouth Sound, Wembury Point Bovisand Lane, Down Thomas, Plymouth PL9 0AE. Tel 01752 862325. Open: 14 March to 6 October Manor Bourne Road DISTANCE: 6 miles/9.6km TERRAIN: Mostly well-trodden coastal Runney Road paths, some tarmac lanes and one potentially muddy section Ford Road NUMBER OF STILES: 11 (some not dog friendly) WEMBURY CP ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT: Ordnance Cliff Road Survey Explorer OL20 – South Devon, Brixham to Newton Ferrers Wembury Point LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Easy to moderate REFRESHMENTS: The Beachcomber DANGER AREA Café at Bovisands and The Eddystone Inn at Heybrook Bay P TOILETS: At Bovisands and Wembury Marine Wembury Beach Conservation Area DIRECTIONS the right-hand fork (following the yellow Continue ahead following the yellow arrow and acorn symbol sign). Continue arrow. At the second yellow arrow, fork Leave the site via the main entrance along the coast path. Ignore the left-hand left. Go over a stile, then cross a field to 1and turn right down the hill, past the turn and, at the next signpost, continue another stile. At a post with two yellow vehicle turning area and into Bovisands towards Wembury. arrows, turn left. Go over a stile. Park. Pass the Beachcomber Café and the At Wembury Beach, turn left Follow the track round to the left, car park, and walk to the end of the 4immediately before the small crossing a stream. Then pass over a stone tarmac road. Then follow the ‘Coast wooden bridge (signposted ‘Footpath – stile, and follow another yellow arrow Path’ sign. Lynmouth 117 miles’). Go through the straight ahead. Continue over a small wooden bridge kissing gate and head inland. Walk over Cross a stone stile and then the road. 2 (signposted ‘Heybrook Bay 1/2 mile’). the wooden bridge and continue along to 7 Go over two more stiles (signposted At the post with two yellow arrows, carry the road. ‘Public Footpath No 4’). Continue straight on. At Heybrook Bay, continue Turn left at the road and then almost straight ahead, then go over another past the houses and the tennis courts, then 5 immediately, at the T-junction, go stile and straight on again. Go over a turn right at Heybrook Drive (signposted straight across (signposted ‘Public wooden bridge, then over a stile before ‘Wembury Beach 13/4 miles’). You can Footpath & Bridleway No 20’). Almost forking right at a yellow arrow and turn left here to visit The Eddystone Inn, immediately take the left fork. Go crossing another stile. Go through two but return to this point before continuing through the gate and take the middle path kissing gates. the walk. marked ‘Erme Plym Trail’. At the road, turn right. Pass the Follow the road round to the right and Go over a stile and turn left at the 8Mussel Inn and at the end of the 3 continue following the ‘Coast Path’ 6 tarmac lane. Then turn right village turn left into Bovisand Lane to signs. Then, as you leave the village, take (signposted ‘Public Footpath No 19’). return to the site. INFORMATION ATTRACTIONS ■ City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AJ. Tel 01752 304774 or see plymouth.gov.uk/museumpcmag.htm. Open all year from Tue to Sat from 10am to 5.30pm (5pm on Sat and bank holidays). Free. Disabled access via Tavistock Place. Home to a diverse range of contemporary exhibitions and collections concerning Plymouth and its surrounds. The downstairs section is being redeveloped and will be open in Sep or Oct ■ National Marine Aquarium, Rope Walk, Plymouth PL4 0LF. Tel 01752 600301 or see national-aquarium.co.uk. Open all year from 10am to 6pm (5pm from Nov to Mar). Adults, £9.50; children (5-16 years), £5.75; seniors, £8; families, £27. Full disabled access. Different sections include Weird Creatures, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Reef, Shallow Water and Coral Seas ■ Plymouth Ski Centre – John Nike Leisuresport Complex, Alpine Park, Marsh Mills, Plymouth PL6 8LQ. Tel 01752 228404 or see jnll.co.uk. Open practice for 11/2 hours, £13-£15; toboggan run, £1.50 per run. Has the largest ski slope in south-west England, measuring over 160m long and 20m wide. There are also two nursery slopes and the biggest toboggan run of its type in the UK at over 500m 74 THE CARAVAN CLUB MAGAZINE.