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Ashburton - the home of posh hippies and natural delicious food!

This is SUCH an amazing place with exceptional lunches, cakes and coffee. There's lots of seating inside, a garden out back and they're happy for bikes to be brought in and leant against the walls. There were about 9 bikes in there when I went, including mine. They serve plant based, often locally sourced food with a sustainable ethos.

Look out for the Clipper Tea van here on more popular, good weather days!

The Avon Dam was built in 1957 to supply water to the coastal towns of South Devon. You can ride up the access road to the base of the dam but will have to leave your bike or push up to see the reservoir.

The Dartmoor Way Cycle Route is a 90 mile-long circular route which winds its way around the natural beauty of Dartmoor National Park, linking hamlets, villages and towns along its length.

The Exeter Inn is the oldest pub in Ashburton, built in 1130 to house the workers of St Andrew's Church and has remained an inn ever since.

Number 9 East St (now a greengrocer) has a fire insurance mark on the front of the building. These were placed at a height that was easy to see, but out of the reach of thieves. This was issued by the Royal Insurance Company which was founded in 1845. Early insurance companies also had fire departments that would put out fires in buildings insured with that company.

Road bridge over River Avon. C17 or C18 packhorse bridge with hump back and widened on upstream side. Stone rubble. single round arch. Large stone slabs forming string with parapets above with large granite coping stones. In 1669 Lydia Bridge was in decay and the existing bridge appears to be either the restored earlier bridge or an entire rebuilding of late C17 or C18 https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101307206-lydia-bridge-south-brent#.Y_SY0SaZO3A