Wednesday July 9th Osmington Mills to Lulworth Cove,

By: Mike

 My daughter Becky and dog Luna joined us for this sector.  She is a former Daily Mail journalist.  Her red top take on the Salt Path story: "Octogenarian walker misled into doing Southwest Coast Path hike by writer Raynor Winn". 

It's another sparkling day.  But the six miles to Lulworth are tough, with some very steep climbs. Altogether we climb 2,600 feet. As Becky points out to her skeptical husband John, it's nearly the same as climbing Snowdon bearing in mind that the Snowdon climb doesn't start anywhere near sea level.

It's still a wonderful day. We are all exhausted as we take Becky back to her car at Osmington Mills.  She has a long drive home.  We falls into the Smugglers.  Ice cold larger for me.  White wine spritzer for Chris,

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