A short sightseeing day, just a trip to the V&A Museum and a walk back through Hyde Park. Tip: it’s easy to access the V&A via a tunnel from the Tube. I was early so took the nearby exit from same tunnel to a lovely park outside the Natural History Museum next door As soon … Continue reading SWCP Day 69: London

Sightseeing day #3. Started with the extremely popular British Museum. I arrived shortly after opening but then so did 1000’s of others. I headed right to the Medieval Britain section to see the Sutton Hoo horde. After that the shrieks of squealing schoolchildren drove me to abbreviate my visit to a few highlights then I … Continue reading SWCP Day 68: London

The sun was (un)kind enough to stream into my window at 4:37am. *yawn*. I was able to snooze till almost 6am when the urge for coffee became too great. Once coffee’d, what to do on a Sunday morning at 7am? Walk!  So I went to nearby Paddington Station for a croissant, then walked along the … Continue reading SWCP Day 67: London

An early morning train meant I arrived at Waterloo Station in London at 10am. I dropped my bag at the Luggage Storage office and did a quick jog to catch the next train for Hampton Court. I’ve wanted to visit HC for years, especially after watching so many Tudor documentaries and the Wolf Hall miniseries, … Continue reading SWCP Day 66: London

Last day on the South West Coast Path! Fitting that it’s a circular walk, bringing my journey of two parts together at the end. The Isle of Portland is a teardrop-shaped quasi-island hanging south of Weymouth, joined only by a vehicular causeway. It’s been of vital importance to the local economy as the source of … Continue reading SWCP Day 65: Isle of Portland

Another Yellow Weather Warning day. Since I only have a short day planned I had a lie in (till 7am!), then moseyed around Weymouth for a bit. I then caught the 11:08a bus back to Abbotsbury for lunch and another mosey as I didn’t actually go into the village yesterday. After lunch, a quick bus … Continue reading SWCP Day 64: Chickerell > Weymouth

Whew! Another big day. The original plan was just to walk to Abbotsbury but there’s rain forecast for tomorrow and I’ve read the next section can get very muddy as it’s thru fields and farms so I decided to knock off a few additional miles. The morning started on a diversion due to landslips. The … Continue reading SWCP Day 63: West Bay > Abbotsbury > Chickerell

It was a big day today. Accommodation once again forced me to plan a stage longer than I can actually do (18 miles) so I used the bus in the middle to cut a few miles out. Since I’ve been waking up at 5a it was no problem having an early start. Out through town … Continue reading SWCP Day 62: Seaton > West Bay

Today I started walking at the outrageously late time of 12:22pm! The reason? I had to see a dentist first (abscess, it’s always something with me) and then get the ‘script filled. This was in Seaton, today’s destination, so I walked backwards to Sidmouth. “No Time For Mints!” was my mantra today. The phrase dates … Continue reading SWCP Day 61: Sidmouth > Seaton

Less than a week to go now! And no rain forecast for at least 4 days so things are looking good. Good walk today. Not a lot of views as the Path management kept us well back from the cliff edges as there’s a lot of erosion in this area. Being a Sunday there were … Continue reading SWCP Day 60: Exmouth > Sidmouth