Charmouth Beach & cliff mud slides

Charmouth overlooks Lyme Bay. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was a noted resort, whose visitors included novelist Jane Austen.

I had planned to walk to Charmouth and then continue east along the coast path. However the path was closed following a major cliff collapse last year. I decided to simply explore the beach (full of fossil hunters) whilst waiting for the tide to recede allowing me to walk along the shore back to Lyme Regis - you have to wait for the tide to go out as another mud landslide can cut you off between Charmouth and Lyme. Watching the sea and waves easily passed the time.