Day 13: Weymouth Hike

I am really glad we are staying in a bed and breakfast this weekend to get the experience, since the rest of the time we are in dorms. Today we woke up and went to get our breakfast at 8:30, which we had with pressed coffee. I know you are supposed to have tea while in England, but I am still addicted to coffee.

Afterwards, we headed off to our hike. We started at Lulworth Cove and then hiked 12 miles along the coast back to Weymouth. There really are no words to explain the amazing views, so I put up a lot of pictures. The hills/mountains/cliffs we had to climb were very large, long and steep. I have been hiking in Colorado every summer, and these were by far harder than that. I think it was because there were so many of them, and the steep parts were very long.

After the first climb, we arrived at Durdle Door where we decided to go swimming. The water was FREEZING! Regardless, we got in to swim under it and take a picture. It wasn’t as bad if you kept moving. I would have stayed in longer, because after a couple of minutes our bodies went numb, but it was very hard to breathe in the cold water. When we first got there around 9:30, there were not too many people there, but soon people were pouring in by the loads to get to the beach and see Durdle Door (In the picture below).

Next was the hard part... all of the steep climbs. It was worth it though. The views were breathtaking, some of the coolest I have ever seen. I felt as if I were in a movie scene.

After we made it through the cliffs, we walked more through the countryside, but still to where you could see the coastline and white cliffs.

The hike was an absolute blast, probably my favorite thing I have done since being here. At the end of the hike, we randomly found 3 guys, Logan, Corey and Robert, from our class on the path. We walked back into town and ate dinner at a pub while watching the world cup match between Uruguay and Germany for third place. Unfortunately, Germany won. The food at this place was good… Mallory and I split the chicken penne pasta plate, and then Bobby and I spilt the biggest dessert I have ever seen, called the Tuck Shop Sunday. It was a huge ice cream sunday with Brownie, fudge, rolos, wafers and much more in one of the large margarita bowls you would get from a Mexican restaurant and a brownie ice cream cake.