This summer I was able to finish my voyage along the Jurassic Coast, from Swanage to Exmouth.
I had left the western end of the Jurassic coast is called the Triassic Coast, situated in East Devon. It is the oldest part of Jurassic coast, formed in the Triassic Period, just over two million years ago. It cameafter the Great Dying in which it is estimated that 90% of our planetary species were wiped out, preceeding the main age of the dinosaurs.
Triassic early dinosaurs - artwork by Highlights For Children / Oxford Scientific/ Jupiter Image
I had the privilege of voyaging this coastland, part of a world heritage site on par with the Great Barrier Reef or the Grand Canyon. This post describes the first of four trips along the coastland.
I started from Lyme Regis.The leaden sky yielded subtle greens and blues in the background, the calm weather enabling PicoMicroyacht to be left outside the harbour on the pontoons.
I then voyaged to Axmouth Por, rowing along a wild looking coast. The wildness is caused by frequent land slippages in which layers of greensand and chalk slide into the sea over a further layer of water impervious clay. The land become almost impassible as wild flora form an almost impenetrable rain forest type enviroment.
The ever dangerous coastline is littered with wrecks, some beached.
Some six miles down the coast from Lyme Regis, the Axemouth Port is small and challenging. I had to wait until the tide had nearly finished exiting.
A convenient buoy was situationed outside the harbour.
I then felt my way in to avoid grounding. Once inside, the water turned a brown colour due to the deposits from the River Axe. I was able to moor up in the calm waters of the local sailing club.
