The 85-mile route of the X53 threads the Jurassic Coast from end to end, as nearly as a bus route can, soaring over open uplands, diving through woods, and touching the shore at the few openings between the cliffs.
Along the side of the double-decker bus runs a wavy band of names: Poole, Wareham, Weymouth, Abbotsbury, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Seaton, Beer, Exeter. It's worth travelling this route in either direction, preferably at the upper front window, and stopping off at some of these places.
Watch out for the conical little hills around Bridport, one of them crowned with five pine trees. Either side of the valley in which Chideock nestles are beautiful hills, one of them being the back of the famous Golden Cap.
The view that takes in as much as possible of the route in one glance is from a spot called Wears Hill. As you come to it from the direction of Burton Bradstock, a great vista opens: almost hidden below is Abbotsbury with its sub-tropical gardens and swannery, from which stretches the huge lagoon called the Fleet, which is separated from the sea by the ten-mile curve of shingle called Chesil Bank, which touches in the distance the "Isle" of Portland.
Watch out for the conical little hills around Bridport, one of them crowned with five pine trees. Either side of the valley in which Chideock nestles are beautiful hills, one of them being the back of the famous Golden Cap.
The view that takes in as much as possible of the route in one glance is from a spot called Wears Hill. As you come to it from the direction of Burton Bradstock, a great vista opens: almost hidden below is Abbotsbury with its sub-tropical gardens and swannery, from which stretches the huge lagoon called the Fleet, which is separated from the sea by the ten-mile curve of shingle called Chesil Bank, which touches in the distance the "Isle" of Portland.
Re-posted, including timetable >> https://plus.google.com/100146646232137568790/posts/BvfcaSkaEVL
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