Ugly Bird carefully parked up in Sidford
I still don't like leaving my beloved out in full view but let's face it, despite my love for her, she is too old for a tea-leaf to have much interest in her.…
River Sid walk
Fortunately, the walk into Sidmouth followed this pleasant riverside park. Early in the morning, it was a lot less arduous than concrete pathways
River Sid Ford, Sidmouth
This ford is on the outer edges of Sidmouth and is surprisingly well-used (by the locals I guess) - by the time it took me to walk ahead and cross the…
South West Coast path
At last, the start of the walk proper - I am now back where I left off a few weeks ago. First, cross back over the Sid and get up those cliffs.
Inland
The walk occasionally heads inland to avoid the steep-sided combes caused by winter streams. Very similar to the barrancos I walked around in Spain. But these…
Higher Dunscombe Cliff
Looking down onto Weston Mouth beach, which I traverse for no more than a few yards before tackling the monster hill ahead of me. I am shattered and yet I've…
Cliff tops
Hells-bells! That was one helluva climb. Mebbe the eggs and bacon I had for breakfast and the walk in from Sidford were a bit too much! And as usual, I am…
Beer
Charming little place, even when full of grockles. I really liked this place. Can I stop now?
Steep climb
Oh goody! More steps to climb. And the sun is belting down. Branscombe is the next stop, once I get over this hill.
Salcombe Hill
A rather flarey shot showing that I am still nowhere near the summit of Salcombe Hill. Those steps really sap your strength both going up and going down.
Seaton
As usual, the path from anywhere to anywhere involves clambering over a bloomin' great hill. And this hill is between Beer and Seaton. My camelbak is now dry…
Axemouth
Axemouth itself is a bit inland. Dunno why. But I have now seen both the source of the Axe in Wookey Hole and it's last few yeards as a river before it enters…
Seaton
I stayed in Seaton just long enough to refill my Camelbak and but some paracetamol for my dehydration induced headache. I am dripping with sweat, my feet are…
Cliff top
The path out of Seaton climbs steeply (there's a surprise!) to the golf course - it is quite strange to walk across the greens but that is the official route so…
Undercliff
And indeed, in a very short time I descended down this path into the large undercliff. It's narrow, dark, muddy (I WILL keep slipping over!) and not at all…
View back towards Exmouth
That's Sidmouth that is, so far below. And back beyond those red cliffs just out of sight is Exmouth, where I started this odyssey. It just somehow doesn't look…
Narrow
It's narrow along here, but I only met a few people coming the other way, so it wasn't too much of a hassle. But although the damn path is still going up and…
Branscombe beach
No time to explore the pebbly beach, Beer is my next destination.
MSC Napoli plaque
I don't know if this is readable of not, but it wasn't until I dropped (again) to sea level when I entered Branscombe that I remembered the story of the MV…
Anchor
MSC Napoli' anchor
