Category: Walks
A walk from Stoke Park to Gloucester Road
The walk goes from UWE, through Stoke Park and to Bishopston via Ashley Road. I’ve calculated the walk to be 4.10 miles.
Lyme’s Underground Pumping Station
Within the short span of 30 years; a relatively small time-frame in the town’s rich history, the landscape of Lyme Regis has changed enormously. In particular the east side of the town has a pedestrianised promenade complete with sea defences and sea views curving around towards East Cliff beach. This walk has become very popular…
A trip to Seaton Junction (March 2020)
A few weeks ago, with a spare sunny Sunday afternoon I decided to go and visit a long-abandoned train station positioned halfway between Axminster and Honiton. The station, near Shute is known as Seaton Junction and used to carry passengers along a line through Colyton, Colfyord and Seaton. To get a full view of the…
The Road to Nowhere
Today I spent the whole day exploring the western (Beer) side of Seaton beach, a little past the lovely Hideaway cafe. Having grown up in Uplyme, I never really felt Seaton offered much to me in terms of shopping and beach walks. Lyme has the beauty baked in everywhere you go but today, I saw…