A very long walk into Weymouth - 20th Sept ‘19

A nice sunny day but very very windy. My hat, like it’s owner after curry, coffee and a walk, kept blowing off! Indeed, with 2 of the said “blow offs”, the hat managed to launch it self straight at the current Mrs Pitts. As you can imagine, the wearer was deemed more culpable of the crime than both hat and wind!!

The newer toilet block on this campsite (there are 3!) is particularly nice. The toilet, hand basin and shower are all together in one cubicle. In other campsites the morning ablutions feel more like a safari supper - the toilet for starters, moving onto the shower for the mains and then finishing off at the basin to clean teeth.

A very pleasant breakfast of cheese and mushroom omelette - in the sun with Brunnehilda sheltering us from the worst of the wind. We were out by 11.30. And out was a walk along the coastal path into Weymouth. It’s only 3 miles by road so I estimated a couple of hours following the coast. We arrived at South Quay Weymouth 5 hours and nearly 10 miles later!

The walk was very interesting geographically. Not spectacularly pretty as Chesil Beach https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesil_Beach prevented us from seeing out to sea. We went by some military places - shooting ranges and ammo dumps. However, it wasn’t too hilly and but for the strong wind would have been near perfect.

We were very lucky too. We stumbled across the Crab House Cafe at Wyke Regis https://www.crabhousecafe.co.uk/ A splendid little seafood restaurant- very quirky, fabulous food (I had mussels and spicy fish fritters, Kim had pollock) and friendly staff. We both thought it reminded us of an American beachside  restaurant.

The walk from Wyke Regis to Weymouth was along an old railway line so there was some shelter from the wind. We stopped at Sandsfoot Castle for a wee rest bite.

So at 4.30 we found ourselves in our usual position - arriving somewhere when everything is shutting! We did manage to find a nice little tea shop open until 5 - Library Harbour Cafe.

We walked the 3 miles home along the main road- stopping off at Starbucks for a caffeine injection!
We arrived back at the campsite in time for a shared fish and chips from the mobile van (Bennett’s Fish & Chips). I have to say they were very good!

Tea, reading and backgammon before bed. And boy after 13 miles of walking every bone in our bodies were ready for it!