A lovely journey to Darmouth ❥

During my stay in South Devon; England , I had this great opportunity to take the Steam Railway and cruise to a beautiful English town called, " Dartmouth". 

We arrived at Paignton, where the journey started around 10.00 am and went inside the reception area to buy our tickets. We actually checked the weather forecast before to make sure the weather was sunny on this day but still ended up with a freezing rainy day in Summertime! That's how the British weather welcomes you all the time here. 

The fare for an adult for the steam train followed by a circular harbor cruise is  is £21.50. It is a full day excursion so pack with you some meals to have along the way. You can purchase your tickets online HERE to avoid them being sold out or buy them as soon as you get to the reception area. 

Thanks God that the weather was nice and sunny when we left Paignton so we could enjoy our trip. The scenery of this rail line is extremely beautiful and breathtaking . 

As soon as we arrived at Kingswear , we had to cross The River Dart on a foot passenger ferry to Dartmouth then take the cruise from there.

The journey takes an hour to see the surroundings of the river, we were enjoying the nice weather at the roof of the cruise when suddenly the clouds covered the sky and it started to rain so we had to take the stairs down to the indoor room.

 We passed by Agatha Christie's Greenway House, some people were kayaking to the places themselves. Also, the captain announced the attractions of the journey from time to time which was entertaining. 

It started raining heavily for a while but still we could manage to see the beautiful scenery from the cruise's windows. We also passed by many Medieval and Elizabethan houses , some of the buildings were built as early as in 1634!

I spotted something sitting by the river so I had to zoom in my camera, the mermaid sitting by the bank remind me of the fairy tales I used to read during my childhood.

The cruise will make a turn around to see the fascinating Dartmouth Castle by the river bank, this castle was built for over 600 years.

Dartmouth has some interesting historic backgrounds such as its port was used as a sailing point for the Crusades hundred years ago and it was the home for the Royal Navy. 

We also came across the oldest Medieval house, "The Cherub" and we had to stop walking since the weather was very unpredictable every single minute so we had to go into the shops for shelter most of the time. I ended up buying myself an ice cream even though it was freezing cold! I recommend the  "Homemade English Toffee" as it is duper delicious, they almost have the same taste all over England.

We left around 4 pm to catch the ferry back and as we were departing the station, we saw a couple shooting their wedding pictures so I took one from them too, so romantic.

I really enjoyed this trip and the spectacular scenery along the way, the only thing I didn't like was that I went with a group of male teenagers whom did not enjoy this beauty at all as they were on their smartphones most of the time or playing with each other. I feel bad for this young generation because they are so fortunate to still have so much beauty around them but never seem to know what life really means!! So if you are young then please enjoy the beauty around you because it may not exist anymore when you are looking it for it someday in the future.

*Disclaimer: All pictures are taken by me, please do not use without asking my permission, thank you. 

credits: Wikipedia