At 7.45 a.m. Neil and I left the house and at 8.00 he dropped me off in Seatown. I then set off for the summit of Golden Cap, which is 620 ft above sea level and the highest cliff on the south coast. I arrived at the top at 8.28 and this was much easier than some of the other cliffs I've had to climb. At 9.40 I arrived at Charmouth having enjoyed some really nice views. In Charmouth I went to the Visitors Centre and spoke to the director, who said that as the tide was going out it was perfectly all right to go along the foreshore to Lyme Regis, avoiding the huge detour because of the landslips. At 10.40 I arrived at the Cobb, where I stopped for a pot of tea.
A short time later I set off for the walk along the undercliff between Lyme Regis and Seaton. This was really beautiful and scenic, and I eventually arrived in the centre of Seaton at 2 p.m., where I stopped for lunch. Then set off again at 2.15 for Seaton Hole, Beer, around Beer Head to Branscombe Mouth and arrived there at 4.00 and had another pot of tea.
I then set off for the remainder of my journey to Sidmouth, not realising that there were 3 more gaps in the cliffs with very steep valleys, each one descending to sea level and climbing back up to 500 ft. This slowed my progress! I eventually arrived at Sidmouth at 6.45 p.m. where Neil was waiting with the car and drove me back to Lyme Regis. Distance walked today 26 miles.
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