Lyme Regis

 Monday 10/05/21

After Toni had bravely gone for a hilly run this morning we tried out the campsite showers.  We love Bokkie's shower but occasionally it's really nice to have the extravagance of an abundance of water.  

We had an early lunch and headed off to nearby Lyme Regis, a 5 mile round trip of rather hilly walking.  On the way we stopped off at reception and booked the swimming pool for an hour tomorrow morning, it is heated although we don't know how warm it is but we feel we have to try it - we'll report back!

Wall to wall Buttercups

The walk from the campsite is up quite a steep hill and then cuts through some forest before taking a short-cut across Lyme Regis golf course.  In spite of very windy conditions, the course was busy and it was quite intimidating crossing while watching out for white missiles.  The strength of the wind on the seaward side of the hill gave us some idea of how sheltered the campsite is.  We could see the drop in elevation down to the village and weren't looking forward to walking back up.

Fore!

The promenade

Lyme Regis looks like a lovely seaside village, very quaint and the promenade was busy.  The wind was really howling so after people watching for a while and the obligatory cuppa we tackled the uphill return trip.  Another walker recommended we take a small detour through a forested area to view the Bluebell fields which were well worth it.

Climbing back out of Lyme Regis

Stunning Bluebells everywhere.

A lovely trip, if the weather had been better we could have walked around more of the town but that's the way it goes.  Hopefully the wind eases tomorrow and we will take another trip into Chalmouth for some more fossil hunting.