WALKS IN DORSET at DANCING LEDGE & LANGTON MATRAVERS (INCLUDING EXPLORING DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS!)
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2022
- In this episode of my series “ Walks in Dorset”, I take a walk from Langton Matravers and explore Dancing Ledge - as well as some Dinosaur footprints! Once again I am accompanied by my Whippet, Logan.
I park my car at the National Trust “Spyway” car park which is located to the South of the village of Langton Matravers (which in turn is about 2 miles West of Swanage on the Jurassic Coast).
My 4 mile circular walk begins with a wander along an old track called Priests Way and very soon I come across Keates Quarry where there are the remains of footprints made by Dinosaurs many millions of years.
I then head South to Seacombe Quarry on the coast before joining the South West Coast Path and heading East towards the disused quarry at Dancing Ledge. It is a magical place to explore and just watch the waves crashing against the rocks.
My homeward journey takes me up to a ridge that looks over an area known as Scratch Arse Bottom
(seriously!) and then back the Spyway car park.
I finish off my walk with a wander through Langton Matravers, visiting the church (inside & out), before reaching my final destination - the Kings Arms pub.
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
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Love the sound of the waves too Dave. Beautiful views and the church was amazing. Wonderful walk Dave and Logan
Thanks Melissa. I just love that sound of waves crashing against the rocks .... when the weather is good!
Amazing countryside walk with beautiful view
Thank you Keith. There was some super coastal landscape on that walk for sure.
Thank you both, another lovely informative walk and thoroughly enjoyed. ❤️
Thank you and indeed thank you for watching. :)
Loved watching say hello to Logan keep doing what you do it’s amazing thank you , Dorset is very special to me wonderful memories we had a week end place in st Leonard’s ringwood which I miss very much.
Thank you Paul and indeed thanks for watching. :)
Great memories of Dorset. Really enjoyed the walks and videos. Thanks Dave and Logan. Happy Christmas and a happy new year for 2023
Thank you Al and I hope you have a peaceful Festive time as well. Do check out our "Christmas / Winter" walk coming out next Friday!
Thank you again Dave, most enjoyable, a visit to a part of the country I've never been to !
Thank you Gareth. A fascinating place to visit - especially the Dinosaur footprints!
Thanks Dave my wife and I have been there it’s a really lovely place we stayed in swanage
Thanks Ralph. It is a lovely part of the world for sure. Thank you for watching.
Just want to thank for all you walks this year enjoyed every one sending Christmas greetings from Port Lincoln Australia to you and Logan and of course your family 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you for kind comments Heather and best wishes to you and yours. Do check out out our "Festive Winter Walk" video coming out this Friday! All the best. Dave & Logan.
Beautiful area. One can always count on some of the Dorset place names to give you a laugh! I shall be drifting off to sleep tonight thinking of those waves.
Yes, there are certainly some "rude" place names in Dorset. I have just finished doing some research for a walk next year at Bere Regis and the route passes through a hamlet to the West of the village called Shi ... tterton! (I have had to split the word in case I get the comment removed by the "powers that be!).
Superb video Dave I grew up surfing and climbing there ( char-mouth lyme regis Portland) but since my illness has confined me to a wheelchair I can only see it through your videos, thank you so much Dave , I was half through your video before I had tears streaming down my face!!!!
So keep the videos coming it's nice too escape for a while!
Glad you are enjoying the videos Lee. I was filming at Chapman's Pool on Saturday - the video should come out in a few weeks time so do look out for that.
Wonderful walk and area, brings back memories of childhood visiting my granddad in Corfe Castle. Beautiful by the coast there, quite a climb back up, I would be huffing and puffing lol. Nice seeing Logan enjoying some blackberries :) I remember going to the ship inn way back. Thanks for sharing this lovely walk.
Thank you Ellie. Yep, Logan certainly loves those "pit stops" for blackberries!
Really enjoyed this one Dave. The big screen did at least part justice to some of those wondful views! Glad to see you are continuing your "research"😉
Thanks Mark. Yes indeed, "research" at the pub at the end of the walk is so vital!
My local pub when staying down at Tom’s Field. I’ve done the walk across to Dancing Ledge from the campsite quite a few times. Beautiful scenery.
Yes, the scenery really is quite stunning around there - especially on a sunny day.
Another great video, I know how important it is for you to get thumbs up's and subscribers, I'm surprised you've had a thousand views but only 109 thumbs up. Maybe you should make a bigger thing about it to encourage viewers to give you a thumbs up as you really do deserve them. Keep up the good work.
Thanks David. Will do! All the best. Dave.
Another great video Dave, makes me quite nostalgic to be back there on the coast path, but owing to a back problem and sciatica, I fear that won't be any time soon. Probably the wrong time of year for puffins, I saw some there once on a birthday walk at the end of March, but I think they leave again as soon as breeding's over. You need to employ Logan's 4-wheel drive when going uphill, make him work for his crisps! I await your next episode.
Thank you. Yes, I must have a word with Logan about the possibility of him "pulling me up" some of those steep slopes!
I think Im right unless it's Winspit further west, but at the first cove on left hand side of caves there are impressive sailing ships on walls just inside the entrance. Am guessing they would have been carved in by the quarrymen back int he day. Also at dancing ledge there is passage through a cave on the right hand side as yo face the sea. this emerges onto another ledge where there is a cave with another carving of sailing ships, but also some writing signed T E Lawrence. Its very weathered but there all the same. No idea if it is genuine. When younger I used to camp out in the shallower cave and listen to french radio whilst falling asleep. It's a beautifully evocative area that I like to return to from time to time - while I still can ! Those slopes are definitely getting longer and steeper..
Thank you for that extra information. The climb back up is certainly a challenge!
A great walk and video, Dave. It's apparent how dry a summer you had, but I guess things are back to normal now.
Thanks Jim. Yes, it certainly is a lot colder at the moment!
Good evening dave yet another fantastic video so very enjoyable and interesting and beautiful scenery.
Thanks Craig. The sunny weather really brought out the "blue" in the sea that day!
Fantastic work Mr Logan, and a clever plan to walk up from the ledge to Spyway, it is much harder on the knees the other way around. Will your mate Dave show us some frozen forest soon? Here's hoping, thank you both. 😀
Thank you. Yes, next week's "Christmas walk" video was filmed in sub zero temperatures in the New Forest!
@@DaveFord Looking forward to it and thank you both. You are sublime superstars, eat more toast. Especially the the dog. I don't know why they like really dry toast, but they do. Umm crunchy crunchy. Merry Christmas 😁
Hello Dave. That was a very nice walk, full of interesting facts. I liked the out door bathing pool at Dancing Ledge. I assume the pool stays full when the tide goes out. That was quite a climb back up the hill. Nice church too, together with the stone statue of a stonemason. No wonder Logan was tired at the end.
Thanks Lionel. Yes, a fair uphill climb at the end but at least the last bit to the pub was slightly downhill!
I agree Dave about the sound of the waves. I love to hear them too. Amazing views ! Wonderful walk Dave and Logan👏🏻
An area I know a little bit from walking the SWCP and holidays in Swanage. It was lovely to see the stunning coastal scenery on such a beautiful summer's day. Loved the images of Logan and his shadow on the descent too!
Thank you Jean. It is so beautiful along that stretch of coastline for sure - and even better on a sunny day!
This place made me question if I was actually human... On the hottest day of 2018, during the FIFA World Cup, I decided on a bike ride from Sandbanks to Dancing Ledge, and as I was leaving, my housemate gave me 6 bottles of beer as the fridge was packed for the world cup, and lucky he did as I was fully intending on buying water on the way to the chain ferry, but I forgot and got all the way to dancing ledge realising all I had for hydration on a 40 mile round cycle was 6 bottles of Budweiser Somehow I did the 40 miles in 35C+ summer heat with only beer for fluid and made it back in one piece... Had a hangover from the gods the next day 😂
Strewth ..... & it would have been a challenge for you to keep that beer cool!
@@DaveFord yes, they weren't crisp when I opened them.. Had to have 2 bottles just on that hill back up to the road 😆