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Entry: The South West Coast Path: Sidmouth to Beer - A16062941
Author: Skankyrich [?] - hear her calling... - U931109

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Great read, like the other two. It sounds so fascinating, but I get the impression that I'd not be fir enough to do any of these walks

Looks good to me. I think you've got everything it needs.

For interest, I've paraphrased some notes from this section of the AA book - I think you've covered most of it either here or in the excellent Beer entry.

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Weston Mouth: pebble beach accessible by path, leading down a wooded valley from a lane. Often deserted, backed by high red cliffs.

Branscombe Mouth: long pebble beach backed by a large area of grass beside a stream, owned & preserved by the NT.

Beer: Famous for lace (part of Q Victoria's wedding dress was made here) and smugglers. Its cottages lie in 13 little valleys. Has the most westerly chalk cliffs in England; the white contrasts with the red cliffs nearby. Colony of cormorants live on Beer Head.
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Icy

Thanks Icy; I've worked some of that in. Again, the Beer link will give more information on the village itself, but it's worth a couple of lines.

That looks fine to me - really makes me want to tackle this walk.

Oh, "earnt" is spelled "earned" (or is that "spelt "earned"") (silly language, why don't we all speak tagalog instead?)

Icy

Well, well. I never knew that!

Thank you

Not much to add to this one. I think you're right to stress just how strenuous this stretch is; I well remember once starting out from Sidmouth to walk to Seaton on what turned out to be an unseasonably hot day...

I don't think you clearly explain what the Undercliff is, despite mentioning the 1788 landslip. Talking of landslips, perhaps a mention of the geological instability along this section of coast path: the route up Salcombe Hill was moved back 10 metres in October 2004 (the former route ran along the cliff edge) and of course there was a huge collapse between Salcombe and Weston about a year ago which, I believe, resulted in a fairly significant diversion.

I believe your bus information is wrong. There is no X59 service; the FirstBus Jurassic Coastlink service (Exeter to Bournemouth) is X53, but as I mention in the Sidmouth entry it doesn't go to Sidmouth, instead stopping at Sidford some two miles away. There is - or at any rate, was - a service 899 operated by Axe Valley Transport some of which operated directly between Sidmouth and Beer. This is shown on the Devon County Council website (http://www.devon.gov.uk/bus_maps?url=0_clients/devoncc_bus/pages/38.htm) but Traveline doesn't seem to know about it.

Personally, I'd suggest (from Sidmouth) a 52A/B then changing to the X53 at Sidford, or even a 52B to Seaton and catching the X53 westbound back to Beer.

I think I'cve addressed those, thanks very much! All the changes are in the 'A Remarkable Coast' section

I don't know this bit Skanky but looks good to me, and I can recommend the barbecue at The Anchor.

'I can recommend the barbecue at The Anchor'

Now I know the feeling the Freemasons get when they spot a secret handshake - like meeting another one of Those Who Know

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