This was my only full day's walking this section as I had done most of the rest of the walk during the CHA trip to Weymouth in 2014. Margaret had it all to do!
It was blustery weather today with rough seas but no rain thankfully.
It was a day of two halves with some undulating steep climbs in the morning and easier, flatter terrain in the afternoon.
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Eype Mouth
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We were under time constraints today as we had to catch a bus at the end that only runs every two hours so we didn't have time to look for fossils, but this is a good place apparently.
Next stop West Bay where we played at auditioning for Broadchurch!
I'm sure we must have got some strange looks. As you can see the beach consists of pebbles and this is the start of
Chesil Beach that stretches for 18 miles to Portland.
We had to walk part of the time on the pebbles and this was very difficult walking and quite tiring as the pebbles were quite small at this end and got in your boots as your feet sank down into them.
Fortunately there was a path by the mere, which didn't have any water in it, that gave us a brief respite from the pebbles and a place to sit and eat our lunch.
On arriving in Abbotsbury we were ready for some refreshments at The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms.and had plenty of time before catching the bus to Weymouth.
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| Abbotsbury |
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| Ruins of Abbotsbury Abbey |
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| Entrance to the swannery |
Abbotsbury Swannery is the only place in the world where you are able to walk through the heart of a colony of nesting Mute Swans.
It was a bit too far off the coastal path for us to visit as tea and cake were calling!
Our \B&B in \Weymouth, Gloucester House was very close to The Leam where we had stayed with CHA, near to the Jubilee Clock.
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