Dianne recalls, “We were heading for Seatown to walk to Chideock to catch the bus to Seaton. We got as far as Bridport to be told by the police that the road in Chideock was blocked. The only way to get there was through Beaminster. This was our first diversion along with about a hundred other people trying to drive in both directions down a very narrow road. We made the decision to drive to Seaton and hope we could get to Seatown in time to catch a bus back to the car.”
Thankfully, the weather was glorious as Team Dianne set off.
“After about 1.5 miles of open countryside we entered a wood. Six miles later we came out of the wood and were above Lyme Regis. The walk through the woods was horrible. The path was a mass of tree roots and very narrow in places falling away to a sheer drop into the brambles. The second diversion started as soon as we left Lyme. Apart from walking across a golf course the rest of the walk was on pavements along the main road all the way to Charmouth.”
“We stopped for a cup of tea in Charmouth and could see people walking up the side of the cliff but when we got to the footbridge there was a notice saying that the through route of the coastal path was closed. Diversion number three took us along the roads again and up some very steep inclines until we reached Stonebarrow where at last we were actually walking on the coastal path towards Golden Cap. This was the only enjoyable part of the walk and the steepest. The views were stunning.”
“Ron and Phyl were taking photos when I looked at my watch and realised that we were cutting it very fine to catch the last bus back to Seaton. We went down Golden Cap a lot faster than we went up. Phyl's turn of speed at Seatown when she thought we were going to miss the bus was awesome. We made it to the bus stop with 10 minutes to spare. "
"We had arrived in Seaton at 11 a.m. and were sat on a bus back to Seaton at 7 p.m.!”
