Day 4 Lulworth Cove to Worth Matravers

We left Lulworth Cove at 9.00 am. We had to take the long route today around the Military Firing Range as they close the coastal path when the army are on manoeuvres. This meant taking a 13 mile walk up and along the Purbeck Way, over lush pasture land, woods full of late bluebells and wild flowers, a quarry, a bird sanctuary and a nature reserve. We had to navigate the way quite carefully as it was not well marked. Thank goodness for the OS app!. We detoured off the route to have lunch in Holme for Garden garden centre. It was lovely.
Onwards we went and emerged through woodland on to the lane that would take us directly to Kimmeridge. We then checked how many miles were left to go. We’d already done 12 and were pretty tired! We were dismayed to see that there was another 4 miles to go! We got a taxi!
We are staying in Worth Matravers in a really quirky barn with separate shower and toilet down the garden! See photos! Tomorrow we go back to Kimmeridge where we resume the coastal path back here to Worth Matravers. We are 2 nights here as we couldn’t get accommodation in Kimmeridge.
We used the outdoor facilities and then went to have pie and a drink in the local pub. The Square and Compass. A really old and unique pub serving pies and pasties and homemade Dorset apple cake. It also has a small museum filled with fossils of all shapes and sizes!Read more