{"id":8393,"date":"2018-07-13T19:57:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T17:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prikanowski.nl\/swcp\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2018-07-13T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T17:57:13","slug":"20180713-fortuneswell-weymouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/20180713-fortuneswell-weymouth\/","title":{"rendered":"20180713 Fortuneswell – Weymouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: 20180713<\/p>\n

Time:\u00a09:35 – 15:45<\/p>\n

Distance: 24.5 km<\/p>\n

Stay:\u00a0B&B Weymouth,\u00a0Weymouth<\/p>\n

Walk<\/h4>\n

Friday the 13th<\/sup>, today I walk around Portland Island. I start in Fortuneswell, where I spent the night.<\/p>\n

\"\"It immediately goes all the way up the hill. Here I walk through a surreal landscape of rocks that seem to be thrown down here and there. Here, in the past, many rocks and stones have been ‘harvested’ for all kinds of construction projects.<\/p>\n

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On the western cliff I walk to the southernmost tip of the island, Portland Bill. Here are three lighthouses. It slowly goes downhill and the landscape changes. I come along buildings and some lost fields.<\/p>\n

When I arrive at Portland Bill, it is time for a break. Coffee on the terrace at the Lobster Pot.<\/p>\n

\"\"I walk back on the eastern side. Here it mainly goes along the cliffs. Until the last part where I go all the way up again. There are many butterfly bushes here. But, unfortunately, only relatively few butterflies.<\/p>\n

\"\"Along the prison it goes towards the harbor. The prison here, Verne Prison, has a ‘nice’ record to its name. In December 1955, John Patrick Hannan escaped from this prison using knotted sheets (of all things) and he has not been arrested again to this day. This makes him the longest fugitive prisoner ever.<\/p>\n

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When my round is done, I walk off the island again via the route I walked yesterday (but then in the other direction). At Billy Winters it is time for a break. Now with a pint on the terrace along the water.<\/p>\n

A few more kilometers over flat terrain and then I am in Weymouth. I’ll stay there tonight.<\/p>\n

Three more walks to go…<\/p>\n

Weather<\/h4>\n

The start of the day was cloudy, but soon the sun came through. The rest of the day was sunny, dry and warm. Occasionally a breeze.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t

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