Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton

[@michaelmiller641]

Another lovely video and location, Paul

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Michael! Glad you enjoyed it, Cheers, Paul.

[@michaelpilling531]

What a wonderful video. A superb walking with fabulous seascapes. Thanks so much for taking me along. You're helping to get me better a lot more than you think

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Michael. Glad that my little videos are able to transport you from your hospital bed to the sunny East Devon coast, and are aiding your recovery. I particularly enjoyed the town of Budleigh Salterton on this walk. Take care, Paul 👍🙂

[@DonSalmonMusic]

Exciting Opening Paul and tremendously entertaining videography 👏👏👏

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you so much Don! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍God Bless, Paul.

[@royedwards8713]

Hi Paul nice video i like Exmouth but never been to Budleigh 👌

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Roy! Yes, the beach at Exmouth is rather lovely - it has great sand too! Budleigh is a small quiet town with much charm. It is a worth a visit if you go back to Exmouth area. There are regular buses there from Exmouth. Take care, Paul.

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Very pleasant walk along rugged clifftops, with some wonderful sea and land vistas. Nice weather too. Thank you.

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Malcolm! Glad you enjoyed it. It is certainly a lovely walk there. Cheers, Paul 🙂👍

[@faithg9766]

The beach walk & the views from the top were superb. I love those red cliffs.

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Faith! I was rather blessed with fabulous light, which was just at the right angle. Glad you enjoyed it. Take care, Paul.

[@SouthWestSundays]

Fabulous video Paul! I love the South West Coast Path. I have not got around to walking that bit yet! It looked a fabulous walk and the colours were stunning! I love both Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton so it was delightful to see both in this video! The polarising lens really made the colours pop. Fantastic and very enjoyable!

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Louise! After doing that piece to camera near the end of Exmouth beach, ⛱️ when I found the sun was a bit to dazzly and whites were a bit burnt out, I thought my vlogging wide angle lens would make things look too far away from the top of the cliffs. So, I used another camera with a different focal length and a polariser filter on the end of the lens. They work a bit like polarising sunglasses 😎 and reduce glare and reflections from the water, as well as making the colours more vibrant. I also turned up % of the Canon LUT (Look Up Table) effect to make it even more colour saturated in the editing program. Glad to hear you noticed! It obviously would not suit every video, but I thought it did here. Thanks for a lovely comment. I enjoyed the walk, and I also enjoyed putting this one together in the rain at home! Take care, Paul 🙂👍

[@dianarolph1770]

You choose a good day weatherwise for the walk. We stayed at Haven when my son was young. It wasn’t that ginormous size😀 He loved the mountain bike course( he was 5!) And 1 of the restaurants overlooked the sea at the bottom of the site so was beautiful to eat there. Your filming was great and your choice of music always matches so well. Very,very enjoyable. Thanks

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Diana - that's very kind - glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, I think that the Haven Holiday Park has really grown over the past couple of years - it was still being added to when I was there! There was a huge crane lifing in more caravans/chalets. I did see that restaurant - and it looked like it had great views. I try to choose good weather for doing seaside/coast ones if I can, as beaches don't look great on grey days, unless it is to film a spectacular storm. Thanks again, take care, Paul.

[@cathydyer3774]

I really enjoyed your sunny seaside walk Paul.... and no need for the tripod shots every video..... we know you well enough! 😊😉.🏖🏖

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you Cathy! Glad you enjoyed this sunny seaside walk. Yes, good point! Take care, Paul

[@johntimbrell]

Two things Paul. When I used to take photos, I usually kept my polarising filter on because I found that it reduced haze even on days that were not bright. I was lucky in that my filter was clear glass and not tinted. I am interested as to why it interferes with your faces to camera shots. Secondly, Check out the River Otter Restoration Project. You might find interesting to include a before and after slot when you do your River Otter video; and the working mill at Otterton is not one to miss. Thanks for this video. I've never walked the route that you took because the military camp and the holiday park put me off. It showed me what I missed.

[@westcountrywanderings]

Hi John, Yes, it isn't that it interfers with my face, just the size of the focal length of the lens, and the size of the lens for the polarising filter and its screw size. I didn't have the polariser for my wide angle vlogging lens on that occasion, just the one for my standard zoom lens (which is a different diameter). I can't use the standard zoom on me because you'd just see my face, and nothing of the background! On a very technical note, polarising filters can bring about an unwanted 'colour shift', which can make colours look odd, or too 'cold', unless you compensate for that. So, rather than using the 'sunshine' setting for the colour temperature, I set it to 4800 Kelvin, which makes it fairly 'warm' without it being too red. The campsite isn't really my thing - it is very big now! Also, the rifle range is very noisy too - not an ideal holiday spot, but it doesn't detract from the walk too much, and the lovely views from the cliffs more than make up for it. I am hoping to return to Budleigh Salterton, and walk to Otterton which will take in the River Otter estuary and nature reserve, so I hope to do that as soon as I am able with all the other projects I have going at the moment! Take care, Paul.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hi Paul, You got some great clips of the coastline. The different colours made a great contrast I guess that was partly to do with changing your camera setup and lense. Top marks!! Interesting to hear you comment on it being bone dry there, I remember you commenting about that area west of Plymouth having a microclimate, but here looks too exposed, so it must be abnormally dry. Thats quite an interesting stretch of coastline from the first canal in the UK to the hoard of Roman coins (perhaps they got lost down the back of a Roman sofa!!), I had a quick look to see what the red rock was and came across a document entitled "The ‘Red Coast’ - Exmouth to Sidmouth", there it tells me: The geoneedle is a monument that marks the start of the Jurassic Coast. It is made of Portland Stone, but the central column of the obelisk displays the rock types from the main formations seen along this stretch of coast. Of course one of your trips to the coast always sends me for my AA book, in there it tells me that Sir Walter Raleigh was born nearby in Hayes Barton, the house still exists - thats quite remarkable. Budleigh Salterton was also home to the painter Millais who painted the The Boyhood of Raleigh, which appears in mini in my book, well worth a read of its entry on the web. I've watched twice now, very enjoyable well done, have a great week. PS: Look forward to the next one, there are quite a few interesting abandoned and preserved lines in that area!!

[@westcountrywanderings]

Thank you David! Yes, I like to choose a good day to do coast ones, as there is nothing more depressing than a seaside resort on a wet, grey day! I couldn't get over just how dry the ground was, especially with how wet it was around Stretton-on-Fosse in Warwickshire. Thank you for the additional info - I hope to return and walk from Budleigh Salterton to Otterton. I have just started to edit the Railway Series one that I talked about in this one! Take care, Paul.

[@JessesGrandDaysOut]

I've only ever been to Exmouth once before and really don't remember much about it so was lovely to see this walk, you caught a lovely day for the weather. Would love to see more of the coast path - so tempted to explore it in minuscule stages as it looks like such a stunning path.

[@westcountrywanderings]

Hi Jesse! Great to hear from you! Yes, both March and April have been quite wet and dull, so it was so good to get a dry and sunny day. I loved both Exmouth, and, in particular, Budleigh Salterton, a most charming small town. Thanks for the comment and for watching too - much appreciated! I have given your channel a 'shout out' and a mention in my regulary monthly vlog (I read out your comment that you put on my Brean video), which will be published on my KZbin channel tomorrow (Saturday). Hope you have a super weekend! Take care, Paul.

[@JessesGrandDaysOut]

@@westcountrywanderings Aww, thank you so much Paul (completely unexpected especially as your videos are so much better than mine!)

[@westcountrywanderings]

You are most welcome. It is always the content and the enthusiasm that's important with videos - the rest will follow, as you continue your KZbin journey.