Lelant Saltings - St. Ives Slight miscalculation made today. I was thinking an hour in light rain wouldn’t be too bad for my hiking trousers. They could cope with a bit of wet, then quickly dry off in the near-constant gale-force winds. What I didn't factor in was how much water the grasses and trees … Continue reading SWCP Day 30 – 22 Sept 2018

Perranporth - Watergate Bay With the previous day's hurdles behind me, I set forth just after dawn determined to get one of the two remaining walks in this region of the path done. The Port Isaac - Rock stint was calling me, but five hours return on a bus didn't sound fun, and here I … Continue reading SWCP Day 29 – 21 Sept 2018

Tintagel - Port Isaac For some reason I missed that today's walk was considered 'severe'. Only 14.6 km, and the map didn't give the impression that it was particularly hard. But, well, holy hell, it was massive! Made significantly worse by a night of no sleep at the Tintagel YHA where the lady sleeping in … Continue reading SWCP Day 28 – 19 Sept 2018

Boscastle - Tintagel Today started with a visit to the Museum of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is no Harry Potter theme park. I kinda felt emotionally/mentally askew while I was in there. Fascinating to some extent, but that broad set of spiritualism is not for me. Anyhoo! You can fix anything with a cream tea, … Continue reading SWCP Day 27 – 18 Sept 2018

Crackington Haven - Boscastle Get this. First thing I had to do was catch a bus to Crackington Haven (awesome name). The bus driver who picked us up spent 10 mins driving around Bude looking for a woman who'd left her handbag on the bus. No luck, unfortunately, but everyone on the bus was impressed … Continue reading SWCP Day 26 – 17 Sept 2018

Bude R&R could mean rest and relaxation; regroup and recharge; recuperate and revitalize;... I could go on, but the most apt R&R combo for my day on Bude was reflect and replenish. Reflect is self-evident, but the replenish was fun and deserves a bit of attention. It started with an enourmous B&B breakfast, served by … Continue reading SWCP Interloper – 16 Sept 2018

Elmscott - Bude If wasn’t clear enough in yesterday's post, the Hartland Quay to Bude section is considered the hardest on the whole path. Ten - count TEN! - down-ups over 25 km makes a very sore and tired Penloper. Now, the fact that I'm writing this post tells you I am somewhere in the … Continue reading SWCP Day 25 – 15 Sept 2018

Hartland (via Hartland Quay) - Elmscott Today was something of a day before the storm. All I had to do is retrace my steps from the inland town of Hartland - where I made the infamous decision to post away my camp gear last year - back to the wild and woolly smugglers' outpost of … Continue reading SWCP Day 24 – 14 Sept 2018