Date: 5 & 6/06/2013
Now that I am back within the Savills fold,
an opportunity came up to be part of a sponsored walk/ride/cycle/kayak relay
that the Rural division within Savills are undertaking from Lands End to John
O’Groats (or LeJog if you will). Urs and
I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to do two days of long distance
walking in a row, so we merrily signed up to walk the sections from Lyme Regis
to Lulworth Cove; a stunning part of the south west costal path.
It was a fabulous two days of amazing
sunshine (I hope that wasn’t the entire sunshine for the summer) with some
great camaraderie, stunning countryside
and the highest point on the Dorset coastline – the Golden Cap.
The first day started off hard, with a
necessary requirement to stop in a pub in every valley we came to. Followed by a long hard slog along part of
Chesil Beach to finish.
The second day started from Hardy’s
Monument (not the famous Dorset writer, but that of “Kiss Me Hardy” fame) with
a stroll over the gently rolling West Dorset countryside progressively getting
harder as we headed towards Lulworth Cove.
We saw some amazing sites that day - the skeleton spines of a ship
wreak; Durdle Door; Tim in 4x4 mode with his walking poles. We had a well-deserved pint at the end of
that walk, in a pub that played an excellent choice of 90s grunge hits into the
garden. I must go back to that pub – my idea
of “old man pub” heaven.
5/06/2013 Stats:
Distance: 17 miles
Climb: 666ft (oooh scary!)
Time: 8 and a bit hours - there were several pub breaks!
6/06.2013 Stats:
Distance: We think 18 miles (my phone died!)
Climb: 575ft - before phone died.
Time: About 9 hours - a hard slog!
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