The route has it all: from the Somerset levels, through modest hills, to secluded rural valleys and of course the fantastic "Jurassic Coast". If you didn't know this part of the Dorset and Devon coastline is a UNESCO World Heritage Site - but 95 miles of it - and a spectacular geological slice of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of our planet's formation - all laid bare in the cliffs and beaches. Lyme Regis itself is fossil hunter's heaven, and also the setting for the John Fowles book (and the film) "The French Lieutenant's Woman" starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.
Now it is equally lovely to get back to the equally beautiful and peaceful Mendips.