This was a walk I had an ambition to do for a long while once I began to get over a disabling illness. It's a site where once on you can only exit half way, and I'd previously managed half the walk but never the whole lot. Although it's only seven miles as the crow flies, the ups and downs and twisty turns make it a lot longer. Visited with Neosea in September. It took us six hours, allowing for lunch, photographic and breather breaks, plus wandering off the track to look at interesting things. Don't do this if you don't know the area, btw, as one foot wrong could send you helter-skelter into a chasm or over the cliff.
A link with history and some excellent photos of the undercliff.
http://www.seatonbay.com/places/undercliff/undercliff.htm
The main aim of this post, however, is to highlight the derelict remains of the Pump House, Engineer's House and two cottages which 'slipped' during the landslide which occurred in 1839.
Firstly, a few pics of the area.
Cute steps but after traversing about thirty of these it was a case of Arggh!
The terrain veers between jungle to cliff walks.
Humungous trees.
Not a lot left of the Engineer's House, just a few remains.
All that's left of the Pump House.
The first house that remains.
More in a mo.
A link with history and some excellent photos of the undercliff.
http://www.seatonbay.com/places/undercliff/undercliff.htm
The main aim of this post, however, is to highlight the derelict remains of the Pump House, Engineer's House and two cottages which 'slipped' during the landslide which occurred in 1839.
Firstly, a few pics of the area.
Cute steps but after traversing about thirty of these it was a case of Arggh!
The terrain veers between jungle to cliff walks.
Humungous trees.
Not a lot left of the Engineer's House, just a few remains.
All that's left of the Pump House.
The first house that remains.
More in a mo.