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- Jun 28, 2023, 9:08pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- England East Devon District Seaton Seaton Bay 50.703582, -3.0655850°42’13” N 3°3’56” W
Day 6
Lyme Regis und Seaton
June 28, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Auf der Isle of Portland fuhren wir den Leuchtturm besichtigen und Entspannten über Mittag am Chesil Beach. Nachmittags ging es weiter nach Lyme Regis wo wir die Promenade lang schlenderten und uns später noch was zu essen gönnten. Zum übernachten fuhren wir dann aber noch nach Seaton wo es zum Abschluss noch ein Bier am Strand gab.Read more
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Traveler South West Coast Path Leg 4
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- Jun 15, 2022, 6:58am
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- England East Devon District Seaton Seaton Bay 50.705344, -3.06664250°42’19” N 3°3’60” W
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Day 16
Seaton
June 15, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
So after a rather interesting altercation with some cows last night (check my last post), I ended up enjoying the night on a bench under the stars. There was a beautiful sunrise but pictures didn't really do it justice. This morning's walk took me up, down, forward and back past Branscombe and then on an undercliff section to Beer, a sign of things to come, before a final climb then wade across a pebble beach to get to Seaton. Time for some breakfast, my appetite has gone through the roof lately.Read more
Traveler When do they open?
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Traveler idk I don't care I'm eating pastries from a Tesco superstore
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Traveler Lovely setting for brekkie 🍳🥓
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Traveler this was just the walk down into it, Seaton is actually a fairly big place
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Traveler The Jurassic Coast
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- Apr 2, 2022, 10:30am
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- England East Devon District Seaton River Axe 50.70433, -3.062650°42’16” N 3°3’45” W
Day 538
12. Lyme Regis to Seaton
April 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We walk along the seafront, past the Cobb, and up a very steep ascent to join the path along the Jurassic Coast. This takes us through the Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a 7 km wilderness area that contains rocks from the Triassic, Jurassic and Creataceous periods. The paths are difficult in places; it is like going back in time, seeing the ferns etc. There has been a lot of tree felling to manage Ash dieback. The thick forest means that there are only occasional views of the cliffs above and the sea below.

This is a very active coastal area and there have been many landslips over the millenia that have shaped it. The most recent was in 1839 on Christmas Eve; a massive section of cliff slid seaward in an event known as the ‘Great Landslip’, causing a chasm to form behind the landslide block which is now known as Goat Island. We cross this and emerge onto fields and cross to a lane which leads to a path across a golf course. It is then a steep descent to the Axmouth Bridge over the River Ax and into Seaton.

A very different experience to other parts of the Jurassic Coast walk.Read more
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Traveler Pearl celebration
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- May 25, 2021, 10:37am
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 105 ft
- England East Devon District Seaton 50.703858, -3.0779750°42’14” N 3°4’41” W
Day 5
Walk from Seaton
May 25, 2021 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The day looked so hopeful when we woke to bright sunshine but by the time we were having breakfast, the clouds were gathering again.
We set out to drive to Seaton where we left the car and started walking to Beer, along the coastal path - mostly. Along the beaches it felt quite mild in the shelter of the cliffs and even on the cliff tops, a lot less windy than yesterday.
We weren’t that impressed with Seaton - Beer was nicer and quainter. We had planned to do a circular route heading inland back to Seaton but seeing the rain clouds gathering again we went back along the coast, stopping for a coffee on the western end of Seaton beach - just as the rain started.Read more
Andy n Bunny Briggs There is a shop in Beer that used to sell lovely clotted cream and stem ginger ice cream. It was most welcome when we’d walked from Branscombe cliffs to Beer. Unfortunately the shop has changed supplier and no longer sells that flavour 🤬
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Traveler Mmmm 😋 that would have been my pre-vegan flavour choice too!
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Traveler I actually didn’t realise I had made this trip public! Not that it matters- it’s just not very exciting!
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- May 25, 2021, 1:50pm
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 20 ft
- England East Devon District Seaton River Axe 50.707122, -3.06369150°42’26” N 3°3’49” W
Day 5
Shelter on a tram
May 25, 2021 in England ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
On the way back to the car we walked past the Seaton Tramway station and decided to investigate:

Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon’s glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe estuary through two nature reserves and giving an unrivalled view of the abundant wading bird life.

“Glorious “ seemed a questionable adjective for today but it looked fun and more importantly, dry. We did spot some of the trams have open carriages so opted to wait a bit longer and take one that has closed carriages. In the meantime we popped into Tesco to pick up some bits for a picnic lunch.
The tram journey was quite soporific - gently rattling along the estuary. There was lots of bird life to see. We noted this week that the swallows seemed to have arrived fo summer- I would imagine they wondered why they had bothered to make the trip. The tram ride took about 25 mins to reach the final destination- Colyton.
The village was a few mins walk away from the station and did give the impression that no one had told them that lockdown restrictions have been lifted, it was so quiet with very few businesses open.
We had the mandatory Johnnie style picnic, in a little shelter in a tiny public garden. This invariably includes ripping bread apart with bare hands and trying to spread something on it with no knife. I had chosen a bean salad which I had to eat without a spoon 🙄 I managed to fashion a spoon like shape out of an almost empty metal tube of hand cream, which was surprisingly effective.
We wandered into the church for a few mins but it was colder than outside so we headed back to the tram station and had time to pick up a steaming hot cup of tea to take away. We were concerned that the return tram was an open carriage one, but the front and back carriages were closed so we made sure we were first on to secure these seats - we needn’t have worried, we were the only passengers!
The tram crosses one road on its route, so the driver operates the signal to stop the traffic, which was sort of satisfying when they were stopping only for us!
Back in Seaton we jumped in the car with the heater on as quickly as we could and with the rain showing no sign of letting up - back to Lyme Regis.Read more
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