Southwest Coastpath, Minehead, Porlock and Dunkery Beacon
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Day 1 - Minehead to Porlock via Porlock Marsh and Porlock Weir
09.30 Bus from Porlock Church to Minehead Promenade
Distance walked -11.2 miles, 18.0 kilometres
Height gained -1349 feet, 411.2 metres
Day 2 - Lynmouth to Porlock via Porlock Weir
10.23 Bus from Porlock Church to Lynmouth Bridge
Distance walked - 11.3 miles 18.2 kilometres
Height gained - 2,882 feet, 878.43 metres
Day 3 - Porlock to Dunkery Beacon to Porlock
09.00 started walking from Overstream House
Distance walked - 12.6 miles 20.3 kilometres
Height gained - 2,849 feet, 868.38 metres
Total distance walked 35.1 miles, 56.5kilometres,
Total height gained 7.080 ft, 2,158 kilometes
Tea and cakes in the garden of our B&B 
Overstrean Guesthouse 
Day 1 Minehead to Porlock, misty windy and warm. 
Minehead Promenade, getting kitted up 
Symbol of the Southwest Coastpath, 630 km 
Half an hour out of Minehead we are disappearing into the clouds 
In the same half hour we have climbed nearly 800 ft 
Eerie figures moulded into the greyness.. 
Shaggy Parasol (Lepiota rhacodes) Edible but similar to several other species which are poisonous. 
Huddles of navigation in the mist. 
Porlock Marsh after Bossington Hill 
Gnarled limbs of a long dead tree still fighting stormy winds. 
View over marsh from West Porlock 
Day 2 Lynmouth to Porlock 
Foreland Point ahead and a stiff climb to get our legs working again 
The Mermaid, 
Lynmouth from close to Foreland Point, Arthur leading. 
Rugged coast stretching out before us, 
Exmoor Ponies on the skyline 
The way diverted on occasions where land had given up its ongoing battle with the elements. 
Withy Combe and a rest for the legs. 
Culborne Chapel within Withy Combe 
Ancient Monument round a natural spring 
Straggling back towards Porlock Weir and sea level. 
Last view of Porlock Marsh. 
Day 3 Porlock to Dunkery Beacon 
Standing in the rain! 
Where are we Skipper? 
Somewhere on Exmoor 
The sun tried so hard to break through at Dunkery Beacon. 
"50 Shades of grey" 
First Aid for boots, Jim and John do emergency repairs on Roy's boots
