SWCP 7 Day 1 - Stokenham to Dartmouth
This is a record of the seventh week (14 - 19 September 2014) of walking the South West Coast Path which stretches 630 miles from Minehead in Somerset, along the North Devon and Cornish Coasts, round Lands End and along the South Coast to Poole in Dorset.
The distance of the week's walk was around 72 miles (115 kms) with a total ascent over the 6 walking days of 13202 feet (4023 metres). Happily the weather during the week was dry, unseasonably warm and fairly sunny apart from a lively thunderstorm during the early hours of the morning of day 5 (Sidmouth).
Today's walk stats are :-
Distance - 10.2 miles (16.4 km)
Ascent - 1493 feet (455 m)
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Read MoreThe distance of the week's walk was around 72 miles (115 kms) with a total ascent over the 6 walking days of 13202 feet (4023 metres). Happily the weather during the week was dry, unseasonably warm and fairly sunny apart from a lively thunderstorm during the early hours of the morning of day 5 (Sidmouth).
Today's walk stats are :-
Distance - 10.2 miles (16.4 km)
Ascent - 1493 feet (455 m)
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The route of the first half of today's walk as recorded on my phone.
The second half of today's walk.
Torcross village and Slapton Sands. This beach was the scene of a disastrous exercise in the second world war when live fire landings by US armed forces went seriously wrong.
The war memorial at Slapton Sands
The Kings Arms, Strete. This attractive pub looked suspiciously as if it was closed for business.
Landcombe Cove with Blackpool Sands beyond.
The walk down to Blackpool Sands.
An unusual mixture of roofs on the way to Blackpool Sands
A few Fuschias thrive in the mild Devon climate.
A lovely Hydrangea flower on the path.
Dartmouth Castle.
All about Warfleet Creek, Dartmouth.
Warfleet Creek.
The busy Dartmouth Harbour.