On a bright hazy sunny morning 15 of us including one new member and two dogs met a Tyneham; (now referred to as Dorset's lost village is a ruin except for the church and school and was evacuated in December 1943 during WWII and has been deserted ever since. The area was needed for military training but after the war ended, the villagers were not allowed to return).

Starting the walk we headed south up the steep hill to Gad cliff and turned east at the top proceeding along the coastal path in the direction of Kimmeridge Bay. We walked through the army range with outstanding views of Portland and the Jurassic coast. When we reached the exit of the army range we passed the Kimmeridge oil field. (The well site, a small site with a nodding donkey which has been pumping continually since 1961, is the oldest working oil pump in the UK. The well once produced 350 barrels per day, but currently yields around 65 barrels per day from the Jurassic coast oil that lies around 1,150 ft below the cliff) We then arrived at our picnic lunch spot at Kimmeridge bay.

After lunch we headed north to Kimmeridge village, up hill to the ridge and then turned west back towards Tyneham. When we got near to Tyneham Cap we had the delight of seeing a wake of wild Red Kites flying above and below us over the fields.

Back at Tyneham some members of the group took the opportunity to walk down to Warbarrow Bay and also around the Village.