Liz, Author at Roller Coast Walker

23. Bucklers Hard to Hurst View Campsite

13 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . We meander our way from home through the New Forest to Hurst View Campsite at Lymington. Sadly, it starts to rain and blow a gale as we are putting up the tent and the inevitable happens, a pole breaks - I'm really upset as was really looking forward to this moment. Manage to just about mend it with the help of some blue tape borrowed from the campsite reception, enjoy lunch in the tent then call a cab to take us to Bucklers Hard. We follow the footpath down to the quaint row of houses leading to the water. [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:21:55+00:00August 18, 2017|Hampshire|0 Comments

22. Calshot Castle to Lower Exbury

4 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . It's a quick drive down to the coast at Calshot Castle with views of the Fawley Power Station towers to my left. Finally, I can see the sea peeping through the beach huts and park up in an empty car park, pay the fee and walk through the huts to the beach. Straight ahead I can see land - the Isle of Wight is super close from this spot! Feels almost like you could skim a stone across! I turn left and wander down the road towards the Calshot activity centre and the start of my walk. Today I [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:25:55+00:00June 5, 2017|Hampshire|0 Comments

21. Gosport to Warsash

12 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up at the Hamble Retreat and head for breakfast, no sign of Nick our host who we played snooker with last night. Breakfast is ok - confuses Nigel when she says "help yourself from the bain-marie! Head to Gosport, parking near the golf course and wander along the coast passed the numerous fishermen towards Portsmouth. Sadly our way is soon blocked by a barbed wire fence. We can see glimpses of the Spinnaker Tower over the estuary, and Portsmouth Old Town - in particular the lovely pub we sat at in the sunshine only a few weeks ago. [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:26:28+00:00May 14, 2017|Hampshire|0 Comments

20. Portsmouth

6.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up in our hotel in Portsmouth.. the room with a view turns out to be looking at the shopping centre with the Spinnaker Tower poking over the top! Shower, pack bags which we stow in the car and head for breakfast.. feels like we are in the kitchen! I have a baby croissant and a banana and a cup of tea. The receptionist calls us a taxi, he's a very chatty man as he drives us to the Hayling Island ferry. He tells us about the restaurants and pier that have closed down and the intriguing military compound [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:27:03+00:00April 1, 2017|Hampshire|0 Comments

19. Hayling Island

4.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up feeling rather jaded from yesterday's walk, enjoy breakfast then pack up and drive be round Chichester harbour toward Hayling Island. Head as far East as we can and park up at Creek Road car park, where parking fees appear to have been abandoned for the winter months and sadly the wooly hat is back on for today's coastal stroll. Wander along the pathway to find the farthest eastern corner of the island before setting the garmin and starting our stroll. A small nature reserves at the eastern tip abruptly ends with a row of rather stark houses. [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:30:21+00:00February 19, 2016|Hampshire|0 Comments

18. Medmerry to West Wittering

5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up quite early in our holiday cottage in West Itchenor, where my husband, daughter and I have stayed the night - take a wander by myself down to the water’s edge, it's beautiful looking over Chichester harbour. My sister and brother-in-law arrive, we have a cuppa then drive towards East Wittering park in the RSPB car park at Medmerry nature reserve. Wander down the road towards the sea, passing a holiday park - abandon the others while Nigel and I walk along the beach to find the spot where we left off the walk last time. Finding the [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:30:49+00:00February 18, 2017|West Sussex|0 Comments

17. Selsey Bill Lifeboat Station to Medmerry Nature Reserve

3 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . We're heading out for the next section of the coastal walk today.. have breakfast and tidy kitchen then hit the road.. it's becoming a bit of a long way to drive now, won't be long before we head up to the M25 and back down! The roads are hellish especially from Brighton onwards, but eventually park up in Selsey Bill. Wander back towards the lifeboat station then start walking in a clockwise direction.. the sun is shining and at there are only a few other people and their dogs wandering along in their new Christmas coats and jumpers! The [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:43:11+00:00December 28, 2016|West Sussex|0 Comments

16. Pagham Harbour to Selsey Bill Lifeboat Station

3 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up in our little railway carriage on the beach. Enjoy breakfast and pack everything up before setting the house alarm and leaving. As it's such a lovely sunny day we decide to carry on the walk around the coast. It's over ten miles to drive round Pagham Harbour to Selsey. Park up at Church Norton and laugh to ourselves at a lady and gentleman both arriving at the same time in separate cars, imagining that they are having a secret rendezvous. Wander round a little bit of the harbour. It is rather muddy. We childishly throw stones into [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:57:04+00:00November 7, 2016|West Sussex|0 Comments

15. Bognor Regis to Pagham Harbour

7 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake pretty early to see the sun having just risen over the English Channel- wow! This has to be the best place to stay.. Enjoy rye bread, avocado, prosciutto and a poached egg with fresh orange juice for breakfast before driving back to Butlins car park to start the next leg of the journey round Britain. It's lovely walking along the promenade in the sunshine; there is a diddy little pier which we head down.. sadly for Nigel the gaps between the wooden planks are just a little wide and he has to take it slowly in case he [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:57:52+00:00November 6, 2016|West Sussex|0 Comments

14. Littlehampton to Bognor Regis

6 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Park at Butlins in Bognor Regis and call a taxi to take us back to Littlehampton. The very chatty taxi driver drops us at the other side of the River Arun near the golf club and we set off on the beach back towards Bognor Regis. It's a lovely stroll; the sea is quite a long way in so no sand to walk on but few groins so it's a very straightforward walk with at first a grassy dune like nature reserve to the land side. We see very few people along the way - a couple of fisherman [...]

By Liz|2023-09-05T15:58:40+00:00November 5, 2016|West Sussex|0 Comments

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