Worth Matravers to Swanage

Worth Matravers to Swanage - Sunday 17th April 2016

Path Facts - Length: 9.5 miles, Ascent: 1203 feet

Breakfast 8am. Off by 9.20 am. Sunny and cool. Walked back through Worth Matravers to rejoin the path.

From the valley at Hill Bottom there's a shortish uphill up to the cliffs on the way to St Aldhelm's Head.

Just before St Aldhelm's there's a steep descent and ascent...

...then there's the chapel and the coast watch up on the head itself.

Dancing ledge.

Anvil Point.

It was busier today and particularly past the lighthouse around Durlstone Head, not far out of Swanage. Stopped here intending to visit the café but it was too busy and there were people queuing. As it was already 1.30pm ish and Swanage was still a few miles away the only real option was packet sandwiches out of the shop. Boy, were they bad. Dried up with manky salad. Gave the remainder of mine to the nearby dog. 

 

 

A short trip from Durlstone before arriving at Swanage at about 3pm.

 

Stopped for afternoonsies at the railway station café much like the one right back at East-the-Water just before Bideford. This was possibly the best experience in Swanage (even though the cake was pretty dry).

This is a small window into the world of Tebbutt post walk recovery and recuperation.

Ate out at La Trattoria. Pizza was good but the jury is out on the dessert. Given that Andy had all the marks of food poisoning afterwards and the only thing he ate today that I didn't was the panna cotta, this was a likely root cause.

 

And here's another special mention for the White Swan, I think the worst place we've stayed over the last 5 1/2 years and about 70 B&B's. Why? Well, offish and unwelcoming staff. Music and shouting until 1.30am in the morning. One of the worst breakfasts we've had. Couldn't wait to leave. I only booked this place on Booking.com because so many places in Swanage don't take single night bookings, but wandering around the town it was clear a few still had vacancies. Bugger!

Info

Accommodation - The White Swan

Location *** well, central I'll give them that

Room **

Facilities **

Noise * Minus a million

Food *

Ambience *

Price * £80 for the room. Too much at any price.


Food – La Trattoria

Quality - difficult to rate this one. The pizza was actually very good, but if the panna cotta was actually the cause of food poisoning then the overall picture wouldn't be good. Jury is out.

Price ***