Englands highest waterfall and herds of wildebeast

Work needs me to be in Torquay for a few days so we leave Wales and head down that way. We made good time and when we got close to Torquay we spotted a sign for a place called Canonteigh falls.

When I first met TT in Australia she took me to a waterfall near her home. She'd told me all about it before and I was expecting something very spectacular. However, when we got to it, being the height of summer it had dried to a trickle. We've often laughed about that anticlimax and upon seeing this sign we decided to visit.

It's a fair hike to the top of the waterfall and although lots of other visitors were in the area, we were the only ones that ventured up the trail to the top of the water fall. As we got near the top we realised that there was a massive pipe running along side the trail, hidden in the udergrowth. Could it be that Englands highest waterfall was a hoax?! Some enterprising land owner pumping water off a tall rocky outcrop? The piccy on the left shows the view from the very top. Impressive huh?

After well and truly stretching our legs we complete the journey to Torquay. Work have booked us into a small hotel with a waiter that really is a cross between Basil Fawlty and Manuel. I'm just waiting for him to say to someone "Well? What do you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel window? Herds of wildebeast sweeping majestically across the plain?" Just incase you were wondering about the odd title.

Woke: Bridgend, Wales
Bed: Torquay
Done: 175 miles