Date: 20180709
Stay: Mariners Hotel, Lyme Regis
Activities
I start my rest day with the housekeeping business, the laundry. At the launderette it appears that they also do a service wash. That’s nice, I only have to leave everything there and get it back clean and dry around 1 o’clock.
In the meantime, I sit down on a terrace along the boulevard with coffee and a good book.
When I have picked up the laundry again, I take the bus back to the hotel. That is located at the top of the hill and with this hot weather I do not want to carry the bag with laundry up the hill. After all, it is a rest day…
After these heavy household chores, I walk down to the village again. Here I walk into a few stores where they sell fossils. Since I am on the Jurassic Coast, these are quite hot here.
Time to honor the brewery with a visit. At the Lyme Regis Brewery I take a sample tray (3x 1/3 pint) and then a pint of their very nice lager. On their terrace (2 chairs and a tiny table), I enjoy these while I continue with my book.
After the brewery I divide my time over two terraces by the sea to continue reading while enjoying a nice beer.
If I want to make this report in the evening, I have a problem. A total lack of communication. For some reason the wifi does not work (both on my laptop and my phone) and the backup I normally have, use my phone as a hotspot, does not work either because my phone connects to the wrong network and I also have no connection there at all.
That is why this blog appears in principle one day late…
Weather
Wonderful summer weather, lots of sun and warm.
Lyric of the day
Due to an overall lack of communication, I have chose for Communication Breakdown by Led Zeppelin:
Hey, girl, stop what you’re doin’!
Hey, girl, you’ll drive me to ruin.
I don’t know what it is that I like about you, but I like it a lot.
Won’t let me hold you, Let me feel your lovin’ charms.
Communication Breakdown, It’s always the same,
I’m having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!
Hey, girl, I got something I think you ought to know.
Hey, babe, I wanna tell you that I love you so.
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
I’m never gonna let you go,’Cause I like your charms.
Communication Breakdown, It’s always the same,
I’m having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!
Communication Breakdown, It’s always the same,
I’m having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!
Hallo Rob,
Hartelijk gefeliciteerd met het behaalde resultaat. You made it!
Jij hebt iets gedaan waar wij nog van dromen. Inmiddels hebben we – verdeeld over een paar jaar – al ruim 500 km van het pad gelopen, maar de eindstreep dus nog niet gehaald. Weet je trouwens dat we in juni maar een paar dagen achter je liepen? Wij hebben dit jaar gelopen van Port Isaac naar Porthcurno en hadden je bij wijze van spreken tegen kunnen komen. Was je nog niet van Océ af geweest…
Heerlijk hè, dat mooie landschap. En al die verschillende mensen die je tegenkomt. Geniet maar van je prestatie en alle mooie herinneringen. Tot ziens op het werk t.z.t.
Gaan we je nog terugzien in het magazine van de South West Coast Path Association in het lijstje van ‘completers’?
Ha Ron,
Bedankt! Ik wist niet dat jij ook het SWCP aan het lopen was. Maar je hebt gelijk, het is een geweldige ervaring en je komt allerlei leuke mensen tegen. Ik denk dat ik wel in het SWCPA magazine kom…
Veel succes met het volbrengen van deze geweldige tocht!