A Walk in the Wet

Members of Portland and Casterbridge Rotary, from Haylands preschool and with friends who visted Nepal walked Colmers Hill and Golden Cap. Very wet, very muddy but great fun!


A walk in the wet

 

In consolation for Handover being delayed and despite the weather, a group of us had an excellent walk from Symondsbury to Colmers Hill and Golden Cap.

There were ten in total. Janet with sister Julie and friend Debbie, Carolyn, Richard Brind from Poundbury RC, our own Madame President and Chris, along with Carolyn myself and Ruth.

 

We parked in Symondsbury and walked up the conical shaped Colmers hill with views over Bridport towards West Bay, Symondsbury and Golden Cap.

It was a very wet and slippery trek down the track of Hell Lane to North Chideock. Apart from the steepness and mud the track became a stream for the last 100m. Trainers became very wet!

There were ancient carvings to be seen in the sandstone walls along the route.

 

The climb to Golden Cap (191m) was not too difficult but it was grey with low cloud but still well worth the effort. After a picnic at Seatown Janet and her party left us and the remaining six climbed up to Thorncombe Beacon and down through the woods back to Symondsbury. Due to the little used path we had to cut our way through the jungle of ferns and brambles and down a very steep slippery bank during a downpour.

 

Despite all that it was a great walk, though not our normal and everyone slept well that night!

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