Get the train from Exeter to Teignmouth, walk from the station to the seafront, and walk towards the ness, along the beach, around from the channel to the mouth of the river Teign, then walk along the river beach - you will be opposite Shaldon, and see Dartmoor up the River Teign.
Get the Teignmouth ferry to Shaldon, walk up to the ness, go through the smuggler's tunnel on to the beach. Return to Teignmouth on the ferry, and continue walking along the river beach, you will pass a row of original fisherman's cottages, and come to the Ship Inn, buy a pint and watch the sun setting over the moors.
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Hummm, it is a nice walk but I don't remember ever being able to see Dartmoor! Possibly Haldon but not Dartmoor!. The beach at Ness Cove is really nice, often deserted. Looking up the River Teign from what the locals call the back beach, sun setting, pint in hand on a balmy summer evening - and yes looking up the river to Shaldon Bridge and beyond - it's Dartmoor. Haldon moor is much closer, and walking distance from the town - though up a rather steep hill if you are walking. .
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