Itinerary of Dudley's Dawdle

Itinerary of Dudley's Dawdle - part 1

The walk starts in Dover on August 30th and follows the Saxon Shore Way to Hastings and then follows the coast a lot of which is urban all through East and West Sussex and then at Emsworth follows the Solent Way to Milford on Sea. This then continues to Lymington and by ferry to the Isle of Wight and then follows the Isle of Wight coastal path and back to Lymington and to Christchurch. From Christchurch the route follows the promenade through Bournemouth and Poole to Sandbanks and then folows the South west Coast path through Dorset, south coast of Devon and the south coast of Cornwall to Lands End and the changes direction north easterly and along the north Cornwall path into Devon along ther North Devon coast and then into Somerset to Minehead where the walk concludes on October 21st.

Monday August 30th 12miles

Dover to Hythe, leaving Dover at lunchtime.

Folkstone, Sandgate

Tuesday August 31st 22miles

Sandgate to Rye

Hythe, West Hythe, Ham street, Appledoe, Rye

This section is very rural and goes inland as there is no coastal access around parts of the Dungeness peninsular and follows the Old Military Canal.

Wednesday September 1st 23 miles

Rye to Eastbourne

Winchelsea, Fairlight Cove, Hastings, Bexhill, Pevensey Bay, Eastbourne

Thursday September 2nd 26miles

Eastbourne to Worthing

Including the Seven Sisters:

Went Cross Hill [sister 1]

Baileys Hill [sister 2]

Flat Hill

Flagstaff Hill [sister 3]

Brass Point [sister 4]

Rough Brow [sister 5]

Short Brow [sister 6]

Haven Brow [sister7]

Birling Gap, Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Saltdean, Brighton, hove, Portlade by Sea, Shoreham by Sea, Lancing, Worthing.

Friday September 3rd 15miles

Worthing to Bognor regis

Worthing, Ferring, Rustington, Littlehampton, Middleton on sea, Bognor Regis

Saturday September 4th 17miles

Bognor to Birdham

Pagham, Pagham Harbour, Selsey, Bracklesham, East Wittering, West Wittering, West Ichenor, Birdham

Sunday September 5th - day off with friends in Birdham

Monday September 6th 22miles

Birdham to Portsmouth

West Ichernor [ferry to... Bosham, Prinstead, Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hayling Island ferry to Southsea, Portsmouth

Tuesday September 7th 18miles

Portsmouth to Southampton

ferry to Gosport, Lee on Solent, Hill Head, Warsash, ferry to Hamble le Rice, Netley, Woolston, southampton

Wednesday September 8th 16 + 16 miles

Southampton to Lymington, ferry to Yarmouth, then to West Cowes.

ferry to Hythe, Beaulieu, Lymington, ferry to Yarmouth, Shalfleet, Newtown, Gurnard Bay, Weast Cowes.

Thursday, September 9th 23miles

West Cowes to Sandown

ferry to East Cowes, Wooton, Fishbourne, Ryde, Seaview, St Helens, Bembridge, Sandown

Friday, September 10th 23miles

Sandown to Freshwater Bay

Shanlin, Luccombe, Ventnor, Niton, Chale, Brook, Freshwater Bay

Saturday, September 11th 27 miles

Freshwater Bay to Yarmouth, ferry to Lymington, to Christchurch.

Tennison Down, Totland, Yarmouth, ferry to Lymington, Keyhaven, Milford on Sea, Barton on Sea, Highcliffe, Avon Beach, ferry from Mudeford Quay to Mudeford Spit, Southbourne, Christchurch [home]

There is built in flexibility in the route around the Isle of Wight. Each night I shall be staying in Sandown and travelling to and from start/finnish points each day by bus. I can do the Lymington to Christchurch during the following week if necessary.

Sunday September 12th - at home until Friday morning.