Day 10 Sidmouth to Seaton 10.25

Our last day of walking and quite a hard one. It started with a steep hill out of Sidmouth and carried

Sidmouth

 on with several more steep paths on the way to Branscombe. I like to concentrate on the wildflowers when climbing hills as it takes my mind off the difficulty of it.

Between Branscombe and Beer you pass through a landslip area where the cliffs change from red to white, These are the most westerly chalk cliffs in England.

Now I had been looking forward to going to Beer but I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with it. It seemed very regimented right down to the empty rows of deckchairs on the beach.

Beer

We didn't stay there long but pressed on to Seaton where we just had time for a celebratory cream tea (The only one on this trip) and a quick paddle for Margaret before catching the bus to Exeter.

Seaton's very pebbly beach

We stayed overnight in Exeter and caught a morning train back home. We were a bit lucky because Northern Trains were on strike but some trains were running as normal and ours was one of them.

We were extremely lucky with the weather on this trip and are hoping for more good weather in September when we return to walk the final section.