< The group assembles in the car park at Stonehouse Community Centre
< Bruce, the walk's leader, explains some history of Stonehouse Creek
< The walk starts by going through the old L&SWR Ocean Quay branch tunnel at the foot of Devonport Hill
Walking through the tunnel... >
... and reaching daylight at the other end >
Reading the plaque commemorating the removal of tolls from Stonehouse Bridge in 1924>
< Bruce addresses the group from the steps beneath the former brewery
< Looking towards Richmond Walk
< With Stonehouse (or Ha'penny) Bridge on the right
Passing the Stonehouse coat of arms and war memorial on the wall of Princess Yachts >
Bruce tells the group about the ancient stone wall >
Young members of the group take a rest >
< Some intrepid members take a look at the stone wall in more detail
< Outside the former Nurses' Training School
< On the left at the far end is are former Brewery stables
The chapel above the Royal Marines Barracks in Durnford Street >
Looking at the façade of the Barracks in more detail >
Moving off along Durnford Street again >
< Admiral's Hard, with the Cremyll Ferry waiting.
< Bruce talks about the history of the Hard, and the former Ocean Quay stationmaster's house
< Not forgetting Byron Villa
Walking along the quays, around the former dock >
Stonehouse Pool with Mayflower Marina in the background >
Bruce talks about Stonehouse Pool >
< The Royal William Victualling Yard
< The former Cable and Wireless dock
< What Bruce calls "the finest public square in Plymouth" outside the main gate to the Yard
Once threatened with demolition, the pink building is now admired >
And next to it, Mount Stone House. For many people, the highlight of the afternoon >
The front door of Mount Stone House, with the wisteria in bloom >
< Entering the garden of Mount Stone House, and taking grateful advantage of refreshments
< It being Chestnut Sunday elsewhere, the pink horse chestnut is in full bloom
The gardens offer a fine view over Plymouth Sound... >
...which photographers take advantage of >
The group moves off to leave the garden... >
< ... while a few stragglers have discovered the view in the opposite direction, up Durnford Street
< The mauve garden
< And the pond
Finally leaving the gardens of Mount Stone House we emerge on Durnford Street >
The former grounds of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe's Winter Villa... >
... are now home to the Stonehouse Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club >
< From the high ground there is a good view over the Victualling Yard wall to the gazebo inside
< The group reaches the end of Durnford Street and looks at John Rennie's granite wall
< Almost at the end of the walk, the group walks around the outside of Nazareth House