Left Swanage Youth Hostel at 7.55 a.m. and arrived at Durlston Head at 8.10. Up and down walk to St. Aldhelm's Head, arrived 10.30. From there walked in a northerly direction and almost immediately came to a steep valley with 217 steps down and 183 up. Had a 2 mile detour to get to the next big hill at Houns-tout, very steep, 167 steps up and I was already a long way up when I got there. Killer of a hill. Passed Cavell Tower, which is now lived in. Eventually arrived at Kimmeridge Bay at 1.50 p.m. where I had lunch. After lunch passed nodding donkey (oil well) at 2.20 and then entered Lulworth Tank Ranges. Could see a very high cliff and the path led up towards this. Steady climb to go up Tynham Cap and then the full horror of the climb became more and more visible, and it just went up and up and up! At the top the path was relatively level and went steadily downhill. Having climbed another very severe hill, arrived at Flower's Barrow at 4.00. From Flower's Barrow the path went down very steeply to sea level at a bay called Arish Mell. From Arish Mell the path went up a flight of steps with over 250 steps and then I walked along the ridge, then had to descend another very difficult flight of steps to Mupe Bay. These steps were really quite scary because of their poor condition. At 5.35 left the Ranges and walked around the foreshore of Lulworth Cove.
Stopped for a meal on the way to the Youth Hostel and booked in at 7 p.m. Distance travelled approximately 22 miles.
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