Strollers Social Walking Group – Ridgetop Park
On Thursday 13th October, welcoming Geoff to a taster of our walks, six of us set out to explore the Ridgetop Park between Exminster and Matford. It’s only been open for a few months, signs are non-existent and car parking isn’t good either at the moment.
We took the bus to near the BP garage on the A379 (it’s got an amazing outside laundromat, do have a look when passing if you haven’t noticed it before), and went up a track and steep field to the Park.
It’s in several inter-connected parts, there’s good seating, including some where you can lay back and look at the sky, and the views over Exeter and the surrounding countryside are fabulous. It’s a wild life haven as well – at least Jean says she saw a deer, quite close, but it had vanished by the time the rest of us looked.
To finish we walked back to Exminster along a single track road which passes, at great height, over the motorway, downhill all the way. The weather was kind, a most enjoyable afternoon.
Michael Heyden