Budleigh Salterton to Beer - Tuesday 21st April 2015
Path Facts - Length: 14.9 miles, ascent 2816 ft
8am breakfast. Superb! Loads of food, Dorset cereals + cooked veg breakfast. Luckily there's a 15 mile walk to burn some of it off. Left 8.45am. The path goes along the sea front at Budleigh Salterton before heading around an inland detour to negotiate the River Otter. Nice route though. Good paths, some woodland and the river made for some nice walking.
Fairly gentle for the first few miles then the large red cliffs either side of Sidmouth came into view. I wasn't too well informed about the Jurassic Coast prior to this walk but gradually picked up bits of information throughout the week. Its interesting how the history of a place changes your perception of a place. You go from thinking that the red rocks look impressive to thinking - this is 250 million year old desert that has found itself transported to modern SW England. Jaw dropping really.
Approaching Sidmouth those red cliffs needed climbing! Arrived at Sidmouth about midday. Got a snack and a take away lunch to eat on route later. Sidmouth is quite a nice place. It has some character. But we didn't stop for long due to a fairly long stretch still ahead.
After Sidmouth there are three cliffs in short succession that require some fairly strenuous exertion. Either steep slopes or steps or both.
Stopped between Little Weston and Weston Mouth for packed lunch. Got to Branscombe Mouth about 3pm with two miles left to Beer. There's a great National Trust cafe here which was unexpected as it wasn't marked on the map or the gude book. Stayed a while here in the sun before a difficult prising of the butt off the chair to conquer the last two miles.
Arrived about 5pm at the Anchor Inn which was great. Good location, accommodation, food and drink all in one spot!
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Accommodation - Anchor Inn
Location *****
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Price *** £89 for the room
Food – Anchor Inn
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