We started the final day walking along the sea wall by the railway line from Dawlish.
We had to dodge a few waves in places because the tide was high and crashing against the wall.
On the other side of the tracks repair and clearance work was being carried out on the cliffs where there had been recent landslides onto the railway.
We left the South West Coast Path at Teignmouth and came inland up the Teign estuary towards Combeinteignhead (great name!)
We were soon in familiar territory, crossing the lush green rolling hills that are so characteristic of the area.
We had lunch in Kingskerswell and met our friend Dan who joined us to walk the final 10 miles.
As the day went on the temperature dropped and it attempted to snow. We have seen all four seasons in the past four days!
As we passed Berry Pomeroy castle and we saw a sign saying only 3 miles to Totnes the reality that our long walk was about to come to an end suddenly hit us. What would happen when all of this is over?
Totnes stayed tucked out of sight until the last moment. We finally spotted our destination about half a mile away at the top of the final path descending into the town.
London to Totnes
250 miles - 12 days
Completed!
We spent the evening in the pub meeting amazing supporters and sponsors and we were really touched by all the messages, comments and stories about what the charities mean to all of you.
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