Date: 20180710
Time: 9:30 – 14:15
Distance: 18.0 km
Stay: Eype’s Mouth Country Hotel, Eype
Walk
My communication problems have not been solved yet. I’ll look at that later.
This is my first walk in Dorset. When I walked into Lyme Regis, I also walked into Dorset.
I walk to the village first and on the way I fill my water supply at the Co-op. Then it continues along the sea and soon also up. Through a number of fields and a forest.
Unfortunately, there is a diversion. Once again a cliff has fallen down and as a result they had to move the Coast Path. This diversion goes for a large part along the road and for a large part also along a busy road. There is a part that is easy going, right across a golf course. However, that is annoying for the golfers. Normally I walk along the edge of a golf course, here I walk right through it and a few golfers have to wait until I pass.
All in all not the nicest part of the Coast Path.
In Charmouth I return to the route and to the beach. Here I take a short break for a bottle of lemonade. In front of me lies Stonebarrow and Golden Cap.
Unfortunately, to Stonebarrow there is again a diversion. This too is not one of the nicest (although better than the first).
Eventually I arrive at the top of the cliff at Stonebarrow. From here everything is going to be better. Now follows a nice piece of cliff walking. Before I start the climb to Golden Cap, I decide to walk off the route to walk through Stanton St Gabriel, a tiny hamlet from the 13th century.
Now it goes seriously up. I climb to Golden Cap, the highest point on the English south coast. It is a steep climb, but the result is worth it. From here you have a fantastic view to two sides.
Golden Cap is very popular, on top I meet many people.
Apparently it helps to be at the highest point of the English south coast, because my communication problem has suddenly been resolved. I am connected again and get all the missed apps in one go.
The descent of Golden Cap is fairly easy, to Seatown. Here it is time for coffee at the beach shop. I still have a bit to go (and to climb) before I get to Eype’s Mouth, where my hotel is for today.
After the coffee, a nice part of Coast Path follows over a few cliffs. It is quite a climb, but a nice route with beautiful views.
When I arrive at Eype’s Mouth, it goes inland, looking for my hotel, a pint and a shower, in that order.
Weather
Nice walking weather, sunny and a bit cloudy. Not too hot and of course dry.
Lyric of the day
The Coast Path goes up and down, there are diversions and there are alternatives. In the end it is all a matter of, no not patience, but Blieve Loepe, Rowwen Hèze:
Ge zeet ze nog zaat in ow leave.
Ze zitte allien, niemand kiek na ze um.
Ze griepe der altied net neave.
Ze vroage zich tien keer per daag af waorum.
Waorum giet ut noeit zoals ik ut wil.
Ze werke te hard, hebbe noeit genne cent.
En als ze wat zegge dan wuurd alles stil.
Ze doon wat ze doon op ‘t verkierde moment.
Ge komt ze nog duk zat teage.
Hebbe altied gooi zin, make zich noeit ech druk.
Noeit um un grapje verleage.
Ze hebbe van alles en altied geluk.
Ze proate te hard en ze lache te veul.
En met probleme zien ze zo kloar.
Wat ze neej snappe, dat is flauwekul.
En wat ze neej wiete is miestal neej woar.
De iene dea rent veur zien leave.
Den andere wandelt hiel rustig veurbeej.
Heej zuj der alles veur geave, en heej zeit ze moge het hebbe va meej.
Woa ge ook loept en wat ge aug denkt.
Neejmand dea zeit ow wat good is of slech.
Neejmand dea wet wie verlust of weej wint.
Ge komp op ut end beej owzelf tereg.
I know this one will be hard for my English speaking friends, as it is in dialect. Here is a link to the Dutch version. You might want to translate this with Google.
