Coastwalk

Portsmouth → Emsworth

Distance: 15.2 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

Enough
« Gosport | Fishbourne »

Wednesday's walk left me shattered. And having needed yesterday's rest to give me enough energy to today's leg I know I'll not be out again this week. So five walks in seven days; not a bad first attack on the rest of the coastline.

Coastwalk

Warsash → Gosport

Distance: unknown
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

« Hamble-le-Rice | Portsmouth »

Note: I originally walked this section together with the section from Southampton to Hamble. The entire section from Southampton to Gosport (and the distance covered) is included in the Southampton to Hamble entry.

Coastwalk

Southampton → Hamble-le-Rice

Distance: 18.8 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

A long day
« Hythe, Hampshire | Warsash »

Note: this write-up (and the distance above) describes the entire route from Southampton to Gosport via the ferry over the Hamble. Because I have since walked out the ferry, I have created a new entry for the second half of the walk.

Today's walk started amongst the commercial docks in Southampton. It ended beside the warships of Portsmouth Harbour, and in between heard representations from all communities of England.

Coastwalk

Lymington → Hythe, Hampshire

Distance: 15.9 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

Across the forest
« Christchurch | Southampton »

The Rules are starting to shape themselves now. I'd like to stick rigidly to the coast, but east of Lymington that's not possible. And while the Solent Way follows rights of way closest to the sea as far as Beaulieu, from there it takes a direct route across the New Forest to Hythe and the ferry to Southampton.

Coastwalk

Christchurch → Lymington

Distance: 15.3 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

Five-foot fsck
« Sandbanks | Hythe, Hampshire »

A couple of miles east of Christchurch is Barton-on-Sea. I've been here before: in 1990, with Jay. We were going out at the time, and celebrated completion of our A-levels by camping in the New Forest for a week. Our one day-trip away from the forest was to the coast, to Barton.

Coastwalk

Sandbanks → Christchurch

Distance: 11.6 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

Taking things seriously
« Swanage | Lymington »

A week off. Time to spend time with Mum and Dad. And while staying at their house, the south coast is within reach, calling me.