I enjoy walking; you can have an adventure by any means, right? A couple of years ago (5th August 2007 to be precise) I thought it would be a good idea to walk along the South West Coast Path starting at Poole Harbour – South Haven Point and eventually reaching the other end of the path in Minehead. There’s no time constraint (as always), I just thought it might give us a nice goal to work towards and give us some lovely walks and views along the way. So far we’ve done 5 or 6 of these walks and have ended up in Kimmeridge, completing only 21.1 of the total 633.2 miles but having already seen enough fantastic views to keep us wanting more.
This Sunday we decided to kick off this year’s walking adventures in style; continuing along the SWCP from last year’s final destination of Kimmeridge Bay. We decided to start our walk from Tyneham car park, walking back to Kimmeridge where we finished last year. The plan was to eat lunch at Kimmeridge and then walk along the path back to Tyneham via Worbarrow Tout.
Length: 7.5 Miles
Elapsed Time: 4:17:59
Average Speed: 2 mph
Maximum Elevation: 172m
Walkers: Gary, Gen, Ian, Claire, Mikey, Tara, Shep and Geri.
The walk itself was very pleasant; it felt great to get out there again! We had the sun and a nice breeze to keep us going and took plenty of water this time after the last walk ended in (my) despair. There seemed to be a bit of everything on this walk for me; a couple of steep climbs, beautiful views, new places I’ve never been to and even a little cove to explore at Worbarrow Tout. I fully recommend this walk; it’s one of my favourite sections so far, now get out there and walk it!
On a personal fitness level I seemed to be better this time; I was able to climb the steep “off-track” hills ok and didn’t have any real problems throughout the 7.5 mile walk even if I did look a bit tired afterwards! I guess walking to Ian’s every other day actually has made a difference!
Hopefully we can get back out there soon, the next part of the walk will take us to one more well-known attractions of the path; Lulworth Cove!