Beer to Seatown

After breakfast at the youth hostel we set off. Over the hill at Beer, we walked down into Seaton. With a small section on the beach and then onto the promenade we continued through Seaton. 

We then followed the path uphill through a golf course and through some fields. Here there was a sign warning us of the arduous nature of the path to Lyme Regis! We continued regardless.

This next section was the undercliffs. In the 1800s a large landslide has occurred, and these undercliffs are now the remnants of that landslide. Apparently it was quite the tourist attraction when it happened, with people coming from far and wide to see the fallen cliffs with their crops still growing on the tops. 

We arrived in Lyme Regis where Rich and Rufus had to leave us to catch a bus back to Exeter. We had some lunch and then carried on.

The route out of Lyme Regis to Charmouth, was relatively confusing. This section had been re-routed due to landslips.  After Charmouth a steep uphill section, along a road, took us to the top of the next cliff.

A couple of steep undulations, and then a steep climb took us to the top of Golden Cap; the hill just before Seatown. 

We descended Golden Cap as the sun set, and by the time we reached Seatown it was dusk. We continued through the car park and up the next hill though as we needed to find somewhere to camp. After a steep climb and traverse round the cliff top we found a flat patch of ground and stopped for the night.