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May 11, 2026
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Abbotsbury
May 11 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Traveler Beautiful Abbotsbury Tropical Gardens
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TravelerWow! Looks like you could be in Costa Rica 🌴
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Day one Cleeve Cottage to Abbotsbury
May 11 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Day one
I was picked up by my travelling companion Gwyne and her husband Jon and driven to Abbotsbury. We had a lovely drive stopped at the village of Chettle for coffee. A very community minded village with a farm shop and coffee shop - non profit making. We continued to Abbotsbury and arrived in good time leaving out bags at The Ilchester Arms and setting off to explore the beautiful Tropical Gardens. A wonderful afternoon and great start to our tripRead more
TravelerHave a lovely time, such a beautiful part of the world💕🐾
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Day 2 Abbotsbury to Weymouth 14 miles
May 12 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Left Abbotsbury at 8.30 and walked along the Fleet that runs for 8 miles along Chesil Beach. Fantastic day, amazing weather and the most stunning views all the way. We stopped at the beautiful Moonfleet Hotel for coffee. They gave us free pastries. Continued to Portland and now in Weymouth in a lovely BnB. Separate rooms tonight!Read more
TravelerBeautiful part of the world.. what stunning weather you’re having. Take care 🐾💕
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Day 3 Weymouth to Lulworth Cove 11 miles
May 12 in England ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Last night we had the best meal in a fish restaurant called Seabeat! Amazing food. ‘ Loads of fresh fish at really reasonable prices.
We left our lovely little hotel in Weymouth at 9.30 this morning. We had a wonderful stay there. Welcomed and well looked after by Sue and Jon. A great couple originally from Derbyshire. Huge breakfast and then onwards for a challenging day up and down the steep cliffs to Lulworth Cove. We stopped for coffee at the charming Smugglers Inn at Osmingto Mills then continued on to Lulworth Cove taking in Durdle Door and the incredible rock formations. We are now at our rather expensive hotel where we are sharing a room and bathroom that is smaller than the individual rooms with en-suite that we had yesterday but a lot more pricey! There are very little choices along this part of the coast. A fantastic day and we managed to avoid rain all the way along! Just the odd tiny flurry.
12 miles today 😊Read more
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Day 4 Lulworth Cove to Worth Matravers
May 14 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
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
TravelerLooks wonderful!
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TravelerI love a quirky feature!
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Day 5 Worth Matravers to Kimmeridge 12.5
May 15 in England ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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
TravelerGosh, my feet are aching !! Such a beautiful coastline. Give my love to Swanage💕🐾
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TravelerWell done Cathy and Gwyne 👏🏻
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Day 6 Worth Matravers to Swanage 8.5 mil
May 16 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Nice evening in the pub last night! Large group of people arrived from Margate and we met up again with a young girl we had met that morning. She had been wild camping down at Winspit Quarry and we came across her on our walk. She told us then that she was taking a long weekend on her own before starting a new job on Monday. When we saw her again Gwyne asked her what her new job was and it turns out she will be working as an apprentice/assistant at Anthony Gormley’s workshop in Kings Cross! What interesting people we meet! There was live music in the pub but we were tired and ready for our beds!
Today started sunny and bright and we left our magical little barn and started the walk to Swanage. We joined the coastal path at Dancing Ledge where there were lots of coasteering folk enjoying jumping into the sea in wet suits and crash helmets and exploring the coast. We went on and got to Dulston Castle and country park where we enjoyed lunch looking at a wonderful view that took in The Isle of Wight, Old Harry rocks, the Studland peninsula and Bournemouth. Continued on and came to pretty Swanage. Found our Airbnb which was lovely! 2 bedrooms , bathroom, inside, huge kitchen and sitting room . Decided to buy in food for tonight and watch a film! Last walk tomorrow and then home . Not sure how we ended up doing 8.5 miles but we did!!Read more
TravelerIt looks like you had a great time (despite the Margate bit🤪🤪).
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Day 7 Swanage to Studland Bay 5 Miles
May 17 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The final day of our walk! We have done so well, averaging 13 miles a day of steep ups and downs along the most stunning coastline. It has been challenging and more vigorous than we expected with long days walking and at times having to carefully navigate our way. It has been incredible though and we were pleased that our final day would be a gentle stroll up the cliff from Swanage and onwards to Old Harry rocks. A walk we love and are familiar with.

Swanage is a quaint little seaside town quite unspoilt with a lovely old pier and beautiful sandy beaches.
Gwyne’s husband Jon collected our bags at 9.00am. He then went on to the finish line- The Pig at Studland Bay- to wait for us. We started off in beautiful sunshine that followed us the whole way. This time it really was a gentle walk with no surprises! We met Jon a couple of hours later and celebrated with coffee and freshly made pizza in the garden at The Pig.
It really has been an amazing week- more physically challenging than the West Highland Way. The Jurassic coastline is spectacular and living and becoming absorbed in it as we have been over the past 7 days , has been fabulous. So grateful to my dear walking partner Gwyne. We had some challenging moments but have emerged stronger friends than ever! Here’s to the next trail whatever it may be.Read more
TravelerWell done Cathy and Gwyne! You are inspirational 🫶🏻
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TravelerWell done, you too. Absolutely awesome! 🐾💕
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Brilliant stuff [Maria]
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Trip end
May 17, 2026