Our day started with a 1.5 hrs drive down the motorway to join the other one step beyonders at the seafront car park of Sidmouth. Eight of us set off on our third away day, we couldn't have chosen better weather, too hot if anything. This was going to be a complete different terrain to what we were used to, so we decided to ditch the boots, for the old trainers, that turned out to be exactly the right footwear. We walked along the seafront and had an ice lolly before setting off along the public foot path. The coastal paths were clear but steep in parts, but we all know that no height, no view and the views were spectacular. We followed the path down to Ladram Bay where we had our lunch and a refreshing dip in the sea, Cliff enjoyed this dip a little better this time. After Bev and Brian kitted Pete out with mosquito net, a self inflating mat and towel. We set off back with three Sherpas in the form of Tom, Peteman and Ryan. Despite suffering from a little heat exhaustion we all managed to return to Sidmouth in one piece. Our original walk was based on an 11mile one, we were hoping to complete 6miles of it, but we only completed approximately 5miles. The weather conditions and terrain made the walk a lot more difficult than it should have been. We had a welcome drink in The Anchor Inn, then off to the chippy for fish and chips and a mug of tea. It was a fantastic day and walk, one we would all like to complete on another day.
