This morning after a slap up breakfast we made our way back to Seatown and managed to park the car for free thanks to the nice parking man.
A big steep hill to start the day on very full stomachs! Up Through a couple of fields full of cows and we were at the top. On our way down the other side we saw a mother and calf that had literally just been born, it was really sweet. From here we hit the beach. Then up and up again as we went over a hill to reach West Bay.
Here we had to make our way around the harbour (very busy around here!) and decided to walk along the beach, under massive overhanging mud cliffs, to save our legs on the hill. As usual the beach turned out to be quite tough too, and we came inland at a caravan park.
From here there was a diversion inland to the village of Burton Bradstock to avoid a landslide on the coast.
From the village it was over a few fields (where I got bitten by a seemingly friendly cat!) and down to Burton Beach with the Hive beach cafe, which was heaving! Strange after seeing so many closed beach cafes in the last couple of weeks.
We stopped for a quick cake and drink before carrying on up the gentle hill beyond.
From here to Abbotsbury it was mainly flat along the back of the beach. The paths were easy but pretty boggy at times which slowed us down a bit.
We branched off inland just before Abbotsbury to contour around a hill, giving us a good view of the Swannery before winding back into the village, which is very pretty.
By chance we were just in time for the bus back to Chideock, the next being nearly 3 hrs later. So we popped back to get the car and have come back to Abbotsbury to have tea in the pub before Tab leaves me!
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A big steep hill to start the day on very full stomachs! Up Through a couple of fields full of cows and we were at the top. On our way down the other side we saw a mother and calf that had literally just been born, it was really sweet. From here we hit the beach. Then up and up again as we went over a hill to reach West Bay.
Here we had to make our way around the harbour (very busy around here!) and decided to walk along the beach, under massive overhanging mud cliffs, to save our legs on the hill. As usual the beach turned out to be quite tough too, and we came inland at a caravan park.
From here there was a diversion inland to the village of Burton Bradstock to avoid a landslide on the coast.
From the village it was over a few fields (where I got bitten by a seemingly friendly cat!) and down to Burton Beach with the Hive beach cafe, which was heaving! Strange after seeing so many closed beach cafes in the last couple of weeks.
We stopped for a quick cake and drink before carrying on up the gentle hill beyond.
From here to Abbotsbury it was mainly flat along the back of the beach. The paths were easy but pretty boggy at times which slowed us down a bit.
We branched off inland just before Abbotsbury to contour around a hill, giving us a good view of the Swannery before winding back into the village, which is very pretty.
By chance we were just in time for the bus back to Chideock, the next being nearly 3 hrs later. So we popped back to get the car and have come back to Abbotsbury to have tea in the pub before Tab leaves me!
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