Thanks for the advice. We’ve now booked all the B&Bs except Lynton, but there’s plenty still free there. Just got to book the luggage transfers and work out logistics of getting there etc. We briefly considered train but it’s not cheap from Suffolk, so we will probably drive and park in Plymouth and get the bus to Wembury ready to start the next day. That saves us time the day after we finish, which will involve bus to Barnstaple, then train to Exeter and then Plymouth, plus driving home! We added an extra day as we couldn’t find accommodation in Corndon or Coleford. We have a long day from West Anstey to Simonsbath but hopefully as that’s near the end we’ll be broken in by then! I managed the long day from Dufton to Alston on the Pennine Way.
Our schedule:-
Monday 17 June Wembury, Seahorses B&B
Ivybridge, Cadleigh Manor
Scorriton, Tradesmans Arms
Lower Hookner Barn (offroute)
Drewsteignton, Burrow Farm (offroute)
Morchard Road, DevonshireDumpling
Witheridge, Mitre Inn
West Anstey, Partridge Arms Farm
Simonsbath, Exmoor Forest Inn
Lynmouth finish 26 June
There was mention earlier of the Church House Inn in Holne. I found a website with contact details that suggested it was reopening soon. So I emailed them and got a reply from the owner saying it was under new management and would definitely be open and doing B&B then. However, I wasn’t contacted by the new tenants as he had suggested so we decided to book elsewhere.