20 October 2007 - Kimmeridge.

Another leg of our Dorset Coast path walk. This section was from Kimmeridge bay to Rope Lake Head (our finish point the previous week). We then walked back to Kimmeridge and on to the cliff tops above Tyneham.

The information board at the start of our walk at Kimmeridge bay. Note the picture of Clavel Tower.

Taken from the beach near the Dorset Wildlife Trust Marine reserve buildings.

A notice pinned on a style on the way up to the Clavel tower.

Our first look at the fantastic cliffs to the west.

Clavel tower undergoing restoration.

Teasels.

Taken from a spot called Cuddle looking west.

The sun beaming down out to sea.

Kimmeridge ledges with Clavell’s Hard the high spot ahead.

The view east from Rope Lake Head, our finish point last week.

Zooming in on the cliffs.

The walk back to Kimmeridge.

A sluggish slow worm.

Interesting colours in this Sea Cabbage.

A stonechat.

A walk around the beach back at Kimmeridge.

A very colourful damp cliff face.

The nodding donkey oil well.

The information board says that this is probably the oldest continually producing well site in the UK. Opened in 1959 it produces 80 barrels of oil a day.

Charnel.

Broad bench.

Nice light on Gad Cliff. These are the cliffs on the Downs above Tyneham. The highest point was our final destination on this leg.

A closer look.

Looking east over the extent of our walk today. St Aldhems head in the distance.

The high point on Gad Cliff the westerly limit of our walk today.

A glimpse of what lies ahead on the next leg over the hills to Lulworth and Durdle Door.

Back at the car at Kimmeridge to watch the setting sun.