48. Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth
6 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . walk....
47. Sidmouth to Budleigh Salterton
7 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After a challenging and very muddy walk this morning and a brief stop for lunch at our seaside holiday apartment we join the throng of tourists in Sidmouth enjoying the autumn sunshine on a walk along the esplanade. Curios I look up the meaning of esplanade – “a wide open road where people walk for pleasure” – other than Weymouth I’m not sure we’ve come across one before? After the short seafront, dominated by upmarket hotels, the coast path takes us along a narrow pathway between the red cliffs and the sea to Jacobs Ladder and just a few [...]
46. Branscombe Mouth to Sidmouth
7 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After yesterdays failed attempt due to stormy weather, we arrive at Branscombe Mouth by taxi and head straight up the grassy hill passed the cafe which appears to have closed for the season. We curve our way round the coastguard’s cottages with their fine view of the bay through a row of olive trees, an unusual choice but I like it. Looking back there is a fabulous view of the sun glistening on the sea – somewhat different to yesterday’s stormy seas. The first part of the walk is up and down, mostly single track through woodlands with a [...]
45. Seaton to Branscombe Mouth
5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . The rain thankfully stops as we wander towards the beach. The Seaton Sunday Bikers event is getting underway on the seafront with all sorts of different bikes parked up and their riders sharing stories.. stop to admire the big shiny one at the end. Seaton seafront has little else to hold our attention, so we wander along the promenade adorned with pretty coloured beach huts to the hideaway café, a sign advises us of a route diversion, yet another cliff slide! The little park with a stone labyrinth detracts us for a while, but we are soon wandering up [...]
44. Lyme Regis to Seaton
7.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Enjoy a cooked breakfast in our Seaton holiday home before packing sandwiches and heading back to Lyme Regis, thankfully by the time we leave the car the drizzle has stopped and I’m wondering why I brought a cardigan? Wander down to the Cobb where we left off yesterday. Heather and Mark have joined us for these few days walking. The coast path takes us round the Cobb, into a car park, passed the bowling green and up some steps into a little woodland area. We meander through the paths, coming out eventually on a little road, turning west towards [...]
43. Charmouth to Lyme Regis
2.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After a rainy night under canvas, sharing a shower with a spider we enjoy a delicious full English breakfast in Lyme Regis. Chat to the nice lady in the tourist information who advises us it is safe to walk along the beach between Charmouth and Lyme Regis at low tide. We take the bus to Charmouth and wander down from the town to the beach. The weather is dire, considering its midsummer - drizzling rain and a bit of a breeze, but we are dressed for the occasion. We’re not sure if the tide is out far enough yet [...]
42. Seatown to Charmouth
4 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wow, wake up to appreciate another one of the amazing design features of the shepherd’s hut - the cut-out tree in the shutters above our bed creates a beautiful pattern on the wall when the sun shines! Yippee the sun is shining. Sadly, we’ve had to miss a days walking. There was torrential rain yesterday and it seemed a shame to walk Golden Cap in miserable weather so we took a day out. But now it is time to leave West Bexington behind. Park up at Seatown and find the pathway just behind some cottages. I’m at first apprehensive [...]
41. West Bay to Seatown
3 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up in our little shepherd’s hut by the beach in West Bexington. First things first we put the bed back in the wall and reveal the table and seats for breakfast. Homemade granola, local yogurt, and homemade preserves provided by our host. The weather isn’t brilliant but we set out to Seatown, just down from Chideock.. I feel I should recognise it from my childhood but I only remember the holiday home by the pub in Chideock. The lady cab driver is extremely chatty, telling us about moving down here forty years ago, house prices etc. At West [...]
40. Burton Bradstock to West Bay
2.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After near on a four-hour drive, we check into our shepherd’s hut in West Bexington before heading to West Bay to catch a cab back to Burton Bradstock. With the rain dripping on the windscreen, we nearly turn back to the comfort of our hut! Head up the hill behind the Hive Beach Cafe and along the path between the cliff top and the farmers’ fields enjoying the view of the little hamlets nestled in the rolling hills divided up by the straight lines of the dry stone walls. The path descends steeply to Freshwater Beach. Here stands an [...]
39. Abbotsbury to Burton Bradstock
6.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After a comfortable night and a big breakfast at the Ilchester Arms in Abbotsbury we head off up the hill to the little chapel before finding the coast path and the sea. The path joins at the very end of Chesil Beach where we admire the view back towards the Isle of Portland - the first part of the walk is mostly on the shingle and quite hard going. We come to a little car park below Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens where there is a little board walk heading out to the sea. The pathway runs just inside the beach [...]