The Exe estuary is littered with the wrecks of boats in all states of disintegration, which now serve as look-out points for the birds of the estuary and as food for they microorganisms which are the agents of their decay.
These ended up by the Turf, a pub located by the lock where the Exeter Canal starts from the tidal stretch of the estuary. It will originally have had what’s likely to have been a roaring trade from boat crews waiting for the right time of tide to use the lock between canal and river, and is now popular with people who have used the network of footpaths and cyclepath for an excursion through the five miles or so from Exeter city centre.
