Part 1
Minehead to Westward Ho! - April 2023
Combe Martin to Woolacombe 21 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 22.6km Total distance: 22.6km; ascent: 870m Walking time: 5h 52′ Total time: 7h 29′ Overnight: The Fortescue Arms, Ossaborough (on the B3343 above Woolacombe) The day started with a steep … Continue reading →
Lynton to Combe Martin 20 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 22.0km Total distance: 22.0km; ascent: 790m Walking time: 5h 34′ Total time: 6h 52′ Overnight: Newberrybeach Lodge, Combe Martin The Coast Path leaves Lynton along a level track called North … Continue reading →
Porlock Weir to Lynton 19 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 18.9km Total distance: 19.2km; ascent: 613m Walking time: 4h 51′ Total time: 6h 04′ Overnight: The Crown Hotel, Lynton The Path from Porlock Weir to Lynmouth goes mostly through … Continue reading →
Getting there: Train to Taunton, bus to Minehead (route 28). Overnight: Premier Inn, Minehead. NB: For the whole of this trip I used Luggage Transfers to move a suitcase from one overnight stop to the next. The system worked perfectly – … Continue reading →
Bridgwater to Stert Point 17 July 2021 Distance recorded: 19.8km (+7.5km) I changed my plan for today when I arrived in Bridgwater yesterday. At Stert Point where the River Parrett Trail ends there is no road and there are no … Continue reading →
Langport to Bridgwater 16 July 2021 Distance recorded: 21.1km I read overnight that the River Parrett is tidal as far as Langport, and sure enough as I rejoined it shortly after leaving the town the water level was a little … Continue reading →
Haselbury Mill to Langport 15 July 2021 Distance recorded: 23.2km. Leaving the Mill it wasn’t long before I found conditions underfoot that got me increasingly annoyed and frustrated; mown hay. It doesn’t sound much, and normally has pleasant connotations; “the … Continue reading →
Bridport to Haselbury Mill 14 July 2021 Distance recorded: 22.3km The Brit Valley Way has its own waymark – a dragonfly and a meandering river – but I was over an hour into today’s walk before I saw the first … Continue reading →
West Bay to Bridport, Dorset 13 July 2021 The plan for the next four days is to walk Channel to Channel, from the English Channel at West Bay, Bridport to Stert Point (north of Bridgwater, Somerset) on the Bristol Channel. … Continue reading →
Christmas Common, Ewelme and Swyncombe 19 May 2021 I didn’t set off to do a wildflower walk, but I’d had some happy news earlier that morning – a new birth in my extended family; parents and baby all well. So … Continue reading →
