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Enhance your virtual journey around the Torbay Circular Walk by watching some videos we took along the way. Your guide, John Risdon, will point out some of the things you should look out for and tell you a little about the history and geology of the coral coast. All you need to do is click on the map. (Real Player required)

     
Start of Walk - Video Introduction
          
    Take a look inside Kents Cavern     The first stop - overlooking Walls Hill        
                   
          Above Brandy Cove looking down over Hope Cove        
                   
              The view from Hope's Nose    
    Meadfoot Beach and Daddyhole Plain              
                   
                   

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Our guide John Risdon buys his parking ticket Step By Step:
Our guide John Risdon explains what lies ahead on our two hour walk.
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Walls Hill Walls Hill:
An Iron Age fort, a quarry and a prime example of coastal erosion.
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Hope Cove Brandy Cove:
Looking towards Hope Cove where ships would take shelter in a storm.
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Taking in the view at Hope's Nose Hope's Nose:
With fantastic views of the Orestone and Thatcher Rock.
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Meadfoot Beach and Daddyhole Plain Meadfoot Beach:
Discover the origin of the name 'Daddyhole Plain'.
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Kents Cavern Kents Cavern:
Cave bears, mammoths and sabre-toothed cats roamed here many years ago.
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