Length: 10.2 Miles
Elapsed Time: 5:50:02
Average Speed: 2.4 mph
Maximum Elevation: 171m
Total Ascent: 769m (Woah!)

Walkers: Gary, Ian, Claire, Mikey and Terry.

The walks starts off with about a mile of flat ground from the car park in Tyneham to Warbarrow Tout, this was probably the longest stretch of level ground we experienced on this walk. The first hill starts its ascent next to Warbarrow Bay, the toughest hill on the path so far in my opinion, even the climb next to Chapman’s Pool that almost beat me wasn’t this bad, thankfully I seem to be fitter now and made it with only a few stops. I could tell this walk was going to be special from the moment I reached the top and looked back behind me at some of the most beautiful scenery I could’ve hoped for.

This walk took us from sea level to 170m four times; each ascent was long and steep, put every muscle in my legs to the test and left me rather short of breath, each descent my feet were rubbing worse than the last, the blisters were gaining momentum and the heels were getting redder. Luckily for me I managed to walk off the cramps I began experiencing in the upper leg, unfortunately Terry wasn’t so lucky and it became a struggle for him to climb, however, despite the pain he soldiered on and made it all the way with us. I couldn’t have been happier when we all got back to the car park!

Lulworth Cove is one of the biggest tourist attractions we’ve visited along the path so far, it’s a bit of a shame it’s so popular and personally leaves me wanting for Chapman’s Pool, a no less beautiful cove along the coast with the added bonus of having virtually no visitors. Once we were in Lulworth we had some well deserved rest and an ice cream before preparing ourselves for the reverse of the climbs we had already once endured.

Last year I climbed Snowdon with Kev and honestly, though I struggled a bit with the mountain back then, I think this walk was harder, even with my new found ability to climb hills without keeling over; hopefully this will benefit me for our climb up Scafell Pike this weekend! This walk was tough, I don’t think anyone walking with me (even Claire) would disagree, I also don’t think anybody would disagree that the views we got from this walk were among the best we’ve seen so far. I couldn’t think of anywhere I would’ve rather been than up on those hills looking back towards the path we’ve conquered so far.

Thanks for walking with me guys, I can’t wait to get back out there!

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!