Road Trip! - Walk to Watersmeet House

On our second day in Exmoor National Park, we woke up to a much nicer day than we had experienced the day before, so we set out on a beautiful, day-long hike to Watersmeet House - a fishing lodge built in 1832 at the point where two rivers (or waters) meet. It is now owned by the National Trust and has become a resting spot for hikers where delicious teas, cakes, and light lunches are served. Here's the crew about 20 minutes into our 5 hour walk - still looking rested and refreshed!

The scenery throughout the entire walk was amazing!

I was really excited to visit this area because it is so well known for it's moorland - a landscape that I had read about many times in my favorite childhood book (The Secret Garden) but had never actually seen. Although this picture doesn't do it much justice (it was beautiful!), it does give you an idea of what it looked like.


A couple of hours into our walk, we were rewarded with a view of both Lynton (at the top) and Lymouth (on the coast). To give you an idea of the route we took, we set out from Lynton and would eventually loop around and down the cliff to Watersmeet before returning through Lymouth.

These "stairs" lead us down the mountain. Terry told us several times how glad she was that we didn't have to go up them!

Not long after our descent we spotted what we had been looking for, the place where the waters-meet:

And finally, Watersmeet House!

The house was set in a really amazing setting, surrounded by waterfalls and nothing but the sounds of running water and chirping birds.


After enjoying a well deserved rest and some delicious lunch on the lawn, we slowly made our way back to Lymouth via a path along the river.

It was a long, exhausting walk, but definitely worth every minute of it!

Next stop: Stonehenge