Hi De Hi Campers! Well, here we are - another camping year ahead of us with many trips planned. Fingers crossed the weather is kind to us again this year. Details and pictures of our maiden voyage in MAX are below.

Day 1: Good Friday (my birthday!). Arrived on site just after 12noon, pitched up, had some lunch and then headed for a nice stroll into Dartmouth (downhill !!!!). The weather was gloroius and the views were fantastic across to Kingswear. After an ice cream and a wander we headed back up the hill (33% gradient!!!) to the camp site for a birthday curry and some much needed refreshment, in the form of cider of course!!!!!!

Day 2: We were up early to enjoy the sunshine and decided to catch the steam train from Kingswear to Paignton for the day. We had to catch the lower car ferry from Kingswear to Dartmouth first so went on as foot passenger - Paddy's wasn't keen and stood on deck with his tail between his legs for the majority of the 5 minute journey!!!! His paws were pleased to hit the ground at Kingswear. We caught the first train to Paignton, where we spent the day mooching......after a nice pub lunch, sat outside of course!!!

Day 3 am: We decided to walk to Darmouth Castle along the coastal path. Again the views were just stunning (in the gorgeous Easter sunshine).

After stopping for a much needed coffee, sat outside the Dartmouth Castle tearooms, we walked down to the cove below (called Castle Cove......for very obvious reasons!). Paddy had a whale of a time chasing floating sticks and swimming in the sea!!!

Day 3 pm: We spent the afternoon walking.............all afternoon! After catching the higher ferry across to Kingswear we walked along the Dart Valley Trail 4.5 miles to Greenaway, hoping to catch a ferry back to Dartmouth! WRONG.........no ferries on Easter Sunday!!!! We then caught the water taxi across the river Dart to the little village of Dittisham, again hoping to catch a ferry back to Dartmouth from that side........WRONG......all ferries fully booked for the rest of the day!!! The 5 mile walk back to Dartmouth seemed pretty daunting (to me anyway) but we did it. We came across some stunning views and creeks which made it all worthwhile!