Watchet to Shurton (Hinkley Point)

Previously known as King Charles III Coastal Path, at the moment there is actually more resemblance with the nearby River Parrett which has perhaps been re-routed without us having received the email.  

Today’s blog is a guest visit from the ol’ fella as your regular blogger made a great call deciding that today was a step / bridge / water feature too far, that decision being well founded! 

An eleven mile walk included a diversion around the new under construction power station along with just about every natural feature you could wish for and I list in no particular order:-

Steep climbs / descents (on mud and running streams), rock climbing, the opportunity to get stranded on the beach along with aforementioned path diversion which entailed wading through water about twelve inches deep … the picture is below, and if you’re thinking that’s a river then you are correct, although it’s supposed to be a road but in the meantime the heavy plant from the power station has had different ideas.  The warning sign picture of high tide flooding was actually after I had walked along three miles of beach, it would have been a real help if that sign had been at both ends of the beach!

However for all these obstacles it was splendid to see the Somerset coast on a rather warm day and with Dee not walking it enabled me to call thirty minutes before I needed meeting for the drive back to base.

That concludes our walking for now as normal life beckons and judging by the amount of rain falling today I would guess the coastal path could be even more challenging over the next few days!

Thank you for following our rambles, we’ve now covered some two thirds of the England and Wales path.  Our next plans include North Wales and Anglesey in April joined by David Rose, followed by The Gower Peninsula in September with David once again, along with Ros and DJ as the ‘Five Go Exploring’ story continues.  Until then….love to all xx