Day 5 Worth Matravers to Kimmeridge 12.5

We had intended to have a gentler day today but it didn’t turn out that way! We thought the walk to Kimmeridge was about 7 1/2 miles but
we ended up doing 12 as we began at a different point on the coastal path as I wanted Gwyne to see Winspit Quarry. An extraordinary quarry cut into the cliff side right on the sea. It is now disused and quite a dangerous place to be due to rockfall but fascinating nevertheless.
We walked on towards Chapmans Pool. Chapmans Pool is famous for it’s fossils and many people go fossil hunting there. The path here winds in such a way that for several miles you are only a mile from Worth Matravers so you feel you are not getting anywhere!
It was all stunningly beautiful. We had the occasional shower of rain and several conversations with people along the way .We met up again with a Frenchman whom we had met for the first time at Weymouth .He had been walking with his wife. We met them again at Lulworth Cove and she told us she couldn’t continue the walk as she had lost 2 toenails and was in a lot of pain. It was good to see him at Worth Matravers! His wife had stayed in their rental and he was walking to Swanage. She would go there by bus and meet him and then home to France!
We continued our walk towards Kimmeridge. The last 3 1/2 miles seemed endless - ’ so many steep ups and downs. Eventually we got to Kimmeridge Cove then another 1 mile, thankfully along a flat footpath into Kimmeridge. The best cup of tea and slice of coffee and walnut cake ever in Clavells. A gorgeous restaurant and tea room opposite the Fossil museum- which we didn’t have time to look at.!Taxi back to WM with the same lovely lady taxi driver we had used the day before. She lives in Kimmeridge and is neighbours with actors Edward and Joanne Fox (nee David) parents of Amelia Fox who also lives in Kimmeridge. She said they were lovely people!
Arrived back tired but very proud of what we achieved today! Dinner and music at the pub tonight and Swanage tomorrow!Read more