17th May 2013: Torquay

Today I travelled from Penzance to Torquay and then had an afternoons walk around. And by heavens I walked!

1 Penzance Early morning walk through town on the way to the train	2 Penzance	3 Penzance	4 Penzance
5 Penzance	6 Torquay Seafront Arrived!	7 Torquay Seafront	8 Torquay Seafront
9 Torquay Seafront	10 Torquay hotel Briefly in our hotel before we head out again for more wandering	11 Grand Hotel Where Agatha and Archie Christie came for their honeymoon in 1914	12 Abbey Park
13 Abbey Park	14 Abbey Park	15 Abbey Park	16 Abbey Park
17 Abbey Park	18 Abbey Park	19 Abbey Park	20 Abbey Park
21 Abbey Park	22 Abbey Park	23 Abbey Park	24 Abbey Park
25 Abbey Park	26 Torquay Seafront	27 Torquay Seafront	28 Princess Gardens and English Riviera Wheel
29 Princess Gardens Fountain and English Riviera Wheel	30 Princess Gardens and English Riviera Wheel	31 The Pavilion It was after attending a Wagner concert here that Archie Christie proposed to Agatha	32 The Pavilion and Agatha Christie Mile marker
33 The Pavilion from the side	34 Torquay	35 Mallock clock tower	36 Torquay Marina
37 Torquay Marina	38 Torquay Marina	39 Torquay Marina	40 Torquay Marina
41 Agatha Christie Bust	42 Agatha Christie Bust	43 English Riviera Wheel	44 Beacon Cove The cove forms part of the Agatha Christie Mile, as it was a favourite bathing spot for the crime writer. Once when swimming she got into difficulty while trying to rescue her nephew and almost drowned
45 Beacon Cove	46 Beacon Cove	47 Beacon Cove	48 Beacon Cove
49 Beacon Cove	50 Beacon Cove	51 Beacon Cove	52 Beacon Cove
53 The Imperial Hotel This hotel provided the inspiration for the Majestic Hotel in two of Christie's novels - Peril at End House and The Body in the Library. In Sleeping Murder, Miss Marple's final case, the Imperial Hotel appears as itself	54 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	55 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	56 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel
57 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	58 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	59 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	60 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel
61 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	62 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel Extended Defence Officers Post	63 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel	64 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel
65 Cove located on the southern side of the Imperial Hotel Extended Defence Officers Post	66 Torquay Marina and English Riviera Wheel	67 Torquay