Rocks. Science. Life.

Despite being shattered from our walk between Lyme Regis and West Bay the day before, our night's sleep in West Bay was set to a symphony of sea gulls at all hours of the night so we woke up not really feeling that well rested. Nonetheless we were excited about the days walk to Abbotsbury, our next section of the South West Coast Path, knowing it involved far less hills than the day before. We wolfed down yet another incredible full English (now becoming expected from our mor

Lyme Regis at Dusk Back in the summer of 2024 my family and I started the challenge of walking the entire length of the South West Coast Path - a 1000km path that stretches along the South Coast of England from Poole in Dorset, all the way round Devon and Cornwall to Minehead. In 2024 we completed the section between Poole and Weymouth, so this summer we wanted to do a bit more and spent three days completing the section of the path from Lyme Regis back toWeymouth to join up

I love the Jurassic Coast. I went to Lyme regis as a child (evidently due to the photos) although I don't remember much of it. My parents, however, like to claim this is where my love for rocks and fossils began. I remember a specific story book my mum would read to me and my sister before bed about Mary Anning and her dog fossil hunting along he cliffs in Lyme egis, so have always had fond thoughts of the place. Since studying geology, I've done a whole uni field course in D