Portland

We decided to take the car across the causeway to Portland rather than walk the 2 miles of Tarmac each way (and Julia and Kevin had done that before). Once we had parked the car we set off up the hill on our circuit of Portland. The climb was worth the view back along Chesil beach and The Fleet, especially as the weather had improved considerably!

The landscape is rugged and in several places people had made sculptures out of stones left over from the quarrying. There were several route diversions due to landslides and unstable cliffs. At Portland Bill we had a coffee each and shared a plate of cheesy chips.! yummy!

On the journey back the island sheltered us from the fairly strong winds and it was a pleasant walk with only 2 hard uphill sections.  We were fascinated by a group of about 8 goats roaming wild and climbing old fortification walls which appeared to be almost vertical!

The descent along a disused rail line was disappointing due to the volume of rubbish left there.

We stopped off at a cafe on the causeway on the way back for coffee and Kevin and I had an Eton Mess each.. Later we met up with Mel and Mark in Weymouth and had supper with them. They are in the UK for the Fairford Air Show.