Lulworth Ranges Saturday 18th October 2025

By: Mike

 Path:  "not you again"

Us: "Yes, I'm afraid so"

Path:  "I thought you had completed"

Us: " Well almost, but you may remember that very hot Saturday back in July.  We bottled out of walking the Lulworth Ranges section.  We just thought we should do it before claiming our certificate."

Path:  Get on with it then".

So here we are, back in Lulworth Cove on a windy day in mid October.  We are staying with daughter Becky back in West Hill.  It's an hour and a half drive to get here.  Becky and dog Luna are walking with us.  It's low tide so we clamber over the rock cove in Lulworth Cove and head up into the ranges.  There is practically no one about and no boats in the Cove.  Very different to July.

There are three big cliffs to climb on this section.  We are very glad we didn't try to do it in the heat of that July Saturday.  We make good time and get to Kimmeridge Bay ahead of our 17.00 rendezvous with Becky's husband, John Sheaves.  John is doing the two-hour drive from West Hill and two hours back. He has also prepared a supper for us. 

We stop at Lulworth to pick up the other car.  It starts to rain.

                                                    Those hills are steeper than they look


                                            The Lulworth Ranges

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