Marazion to Porthleven The first thing I did on this final day of the SWCP was to get a visual on where I’d landed after my late-night taxi ride to the Glenleigh B&B at Marazion. After weeks of religiously following my map, and finding my way at foot-speed, it felt otherworldly to step out into … Continue reading SWCP Day 20 – 3 May 2017

St. Ives Narrow streets on a tight headland between beach and port. Visited the the amazing Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Gallery: via Penzance (sorry, no photos) The Scilly Isles (Hugh Town) Oh, my goodness. What a day! Two hours and forty-five minutes of horribleness. Actually, the first half hour the Scillonian ferry to the Scilly … Continue reading SWCP InterLopers – 28 April – 2 May 2017

Portreath to St. Ives The shorts have not been repeated...'nuff said. Best meal of the trip so far: dressed crab salad with sweet potato fries and a local ale. [Surge stats: 27.1 km, 101 floors, 40795 steps]

Perranporth to Portreath With the wind still gusting, it was a wild and woolly day, but I was determined to go the distance. My hosts at St. George's directed me another way back to the path, but this became a hair-raising adventure when I had to evade a group of gypsies and cross an area … Continue reading SWCP Day 17 – 26 April 2017

Newquay to Perranporth Looks like a beautiful day, doesn't it? But, looks can be deceiving. It all started with sleet...   ...and continued on with freezing Arctic winds that made placid waters froth and surge and rip right through me. I could have crossed The Gannell via the Penpol - a footbridge that's only revealed … Continue reading SWCP Day 16 – 25 April 2017

Treyarnon to Newquay To this point, I'd had some enormously satisfying experiences on the the swcp, and seen some incredibly beautiful sights. But this day was far and away my favourite. Here's why...   [Surge stats: 18.75 km, 152 floors, 29440 steps]

Tintagel to Treyarnon Having stayed two nights at Tintagel, I had to make up some geography, so I caught a bus close to Rock, then the ferry across to Padstow, where - thanks to the lovely couple sitting opposite me in the ferry - I learned Rick Stein had his flagship The Seafood Restaurant. Having … Continue reading SWCP Day 14 – 23 April 2017

Tintagel A day of rest, and the emergence of Plan B... In the preceding week it had become blatantly obvious that in order to traverse the whole SWCP I would have to either bus it on average every third day, pay to have luggage transfers the entire way, or spend two months being a cranky-sore-exhausted Pen. … Continue reading SWCP Day 13 – 22 April 2017

Tresmorn to Tintagel I love B&B's, but they're awkward to stay at when then are no other guests. Having stared at my own reflection the evening before whilst enjoying a lovely three-course dinner, I was loathe to repeat the performance over breakfast. So I charmed my host into joining me over coffee at the tail … Continue reading SWCP Day 12 – 21 April 2017