The weather was very calm today, and the sea like a mirror - the little boats in the distance looked like they were floating on air. 
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| Leaving Sidmouth behind |
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| Yikes - what goes down must come back up... |
There were a lot of steep climbs and descents on this stretch - the total climb was over 2,000 feet. My legs were quite wobbly up and down the many steps by the time I’d been going a couple of hours. I was a bit horrified when I looked at the map and realised I’d only done about a third of the route.
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| Help! |
Well, I soldiered on, and for the next five miles or so I wore my flip flops, which was another mistake as, although it did cool my feet down, it also rubbed them to bits because it was so humid.
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| Pretending my feet don’t hurt |
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| Possibly an orchid? |
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| So many lovely flowers along the way, and lots of wild garlic on the path down into Beer |
The path from Branscombe Mouth to Beer is overlooked by these huge cliffs. Reminded me of the Dolomites.
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Beer bay - a hive of watersports, ice cream eating
and discreet sunbathing |
I practically fell into the shower when I finally made it to my lodgings, especially as the signpost took me along the stoney beach of Seaton for a while at the end there. My feet were not happy. I’ve got a full kitchen in my apartment here, so will be eating in tonight (probably after a swim). The forecast is for rain tomorrow morning so I’ll finally get to use the raincoat that I’ve been carrying around for the last three days. I suspect it will be very sweaty. I’m planning to set off early as am slightly concerned about making it to Lyme Regis well in time to catch the one available bus that will get me to Axminster train station in time for my 1.30 train. The path is very up and down (1500 feet of ascent) so it could well take me four hours even though it’s only seven miles. Fingers crossed my feet will have recovered a bit by the morning.
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