A great spring day

The clear warm morning promised a hot spring day as I set out from Sidmouth and joined a group of walkers wending their way up the coastal path. I passed them through the stepped woodland path and headed inland for the shade of the trees. Orange Tipped butterflies cruised the hedgerows looking for interesting flowers. The sea was calm and shiny and the air was still apart from the buzz of insects.

Lunch was at the Old Bakery at Branscombe and then I headed to the beach again before the hard climb up to the cliffs before descending again to Beer. On the sheltered  path that weaves  its way up through the cliffs the heat of the afternoon was most apparent . I was glad to reach the top and feel the sea breeze. It's only a few weeks now before I set out on my 150 mile walk from Windermere to Glasgow so not many training days left!