It was so lovely this morning that we abandoned our plans for doing household chores and instead headed out for a nice long walk. We went to our favourite place, Mortehoe, and taking advantage of the free winter parking up on the road we set off towards Bull Point lighthouse.
From the main path we then took a small track that leads steeply downwards towards Kinnevar. (I'm not sure if the name refers to the stream or the whole valley.) The sun shone down through the trees and and it was peaceful walking along the babbling stream. Eventually we emerged from the trees into the wide grassy valley that leads to the beach at Bennet's Mouth. This is the start of the half-term holiday so there were more people about including some large teams of youngsters out orienteering and learning about survival on the moors.
From the main path we then took a small track that leads steeply downwards towards Kinnevar. (I'm not sure if the name refers to the stream or the whole valley.) The sun shone down through the trees and and it was peaceful walking along the babbling stream. Eventually we emerged from the trees into the wide grassy valley that leads to the beach at Bennet's Mouth. This is the start of the half-term holiday so there were more people about including some large teams of youngsters out orienteering and learning about survival on the moors.
Despite the increased numbers of people it was still very restful to sit near the waters' edge watching the waves crashing in on the rocks and marvelling at the lovely blue colour of the sea.
But by the time we had gone back up onto the cliffs and walked round the coast to Rockham Bay the clouds had rolled in and the sea had changed to a steely grey colour. Today we climbed down the steep wooden stairs to the beach so that we could sit there and enjoy a cup of coffee. We had forgotten to put sweeteners in the coffee but we did had a couple of small slices of cake to go with it. Then it was back up the stairs and more cliff steps till we were back at Mortehoe once more. Logic tells me that there has to be the same amount of ups as downs on such a walk but why does it always feel as if there are far more ups? I was so hot on our return to the car that when we dropped into Tescos to buy a few things I walked around the supermarket in walking boots, jeans (with a big hole in the knee), and a vest t-shirt though I kept my fingerless gloves and wrap around sunglasses on. That's what I'm like.
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