Lydstep Head

Lydstep Head, owned by the National Trust

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View down to Lydstep Haven

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Gosh, we are keeping fit lately. Another wonderful walk in the most beautiful weather. Clear blue skies, warm sun with a cold bite of wind to remind you it was actually still winter!

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Just the vapour trails to break up the blue.

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A stark reminder that winter weather is still around.
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After walking round the headland we looked down to see a beach that is only ever visible at a very, very low tide. As it was obviously extremely low today, we decided to make the effort to get down to the exposed beach. And we were very glad, because it was magnificent.

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But first we had to negotiate some quite steep 'steps' cut out of the cliff side and then negotiate an enormous expanse of rock, boulders and stones! I was very pleased to manage it all without too much trouble, with the help of a walking pole and taking my time. (I am sure all that sponsored swimming helped.)

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It was worth the effort to see all these beautiful exposed caves, and beautifully sea-sculpted rocks, some surrounded by clear, blue pools of water.

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Wonderful shapes made by the waves.

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Winkles, seaweed and sleeping anenomes, waiting for the tide to return.

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Sorry, lost the photo here and couldn't get it back!!

Trying a different layout, but don't seem to have managed very well, so resorted to the usual format above.

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The view is across the exposed beach to Whitesheet Rock. There were only a couple of other people down there - a photographer taking black and white for an exhibition and a lady with her little dog. It was great to see the beach so empty.

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Some more of the wonderful shapes formed by the action of the waves.



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Shapes in the sand .

Then we had to go back up those steps!

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There were 114 of them!

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Ann x