MINEHEAD to PORLOCK Stage 1 (25th April 2007)

We took bus #300 to from (10.58, arriving 11.55). The walk starts on Minehead sea front, continues to the end of the road, close to small harbour (and PCs). Then take a left hand track at the edge of a wood, signposted to . This will be the new official path but is not yet signed. The path zig-zags up through trees above the farm before emerging onto grassy moorland to the summit of North Hill. Then a rather level route with excellent views wends its way (some distance from the shore) along a ridge before a sharp descent to . A walk through the village brings the path to , and we arrived at about 15.10. Tea and cake in the Home Cook Cafe then returning to Lynton on the #300 bus at 16.17.

Total time 3.5 hours. Length of walk: 12.5km. Ascent on walk 1889 feet = 589m

The South West Coast Path is the longest of the official UK National Trails, running from Minehead in Somerset round the English south west peninsula coast to Poole in Dorset. The total length is just over 1000 kilometres or, more precisely, 630 miles. Only very dedicated walkers could contemplate completing the whole walk in one go, although plenty of people have done just this. Received opinion is that it would take around 6 weeks, even for the most dedicated.

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