I looked at the weather forecast for Minehead earlier this week - ten degrees, not much wind, no rain expected. So I carped the diem and decided to escape from London for a couple of days’ walking the first two sections of the south west coast path. Col came with. Today’s route was pretty level and easy apart from a bit of a hill at the beginning. We got to Porlock Weir a quarter of an hour after the bus had gone. Two hours till the next one, so we had a coffee sitting outside a cafe, got a bit cold, went into a pub to warm up by the fire with a cup of tea. I checked the bus timetable, only to find that they’d changed them all two days ago and the bus was now at 2.45 rather than 3.30. This was at 3 o’clock! Next bus 5.55 pm. I asked the bar staff if they knew of a taxi firm and a couple in their 60s sitting just by us said “we’re going that way, we can drop you in Porlock, there are buses from there”. So off we went and, lo and behold, instead of dropping us at the bus stop they took us all the way back to our car in Minehead! Really bloody nice. Saved us loads of time.
View from the “start of the coast path” monument in Minehead. The tent at the left hand side is Butlins!
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Looking back towards Burnham-on-Sea
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Going up the hill.
Colin getting a sweat on with his new walking poles. |
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| At the top! |
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Stripey cows
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Camouflaged. Beach near Porlock Weir made of big stones.
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| Sedimentary, my dear Colin |
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| Waiting for the bus at Porlock Weir, looking at the lovely view. |
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