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
Mortehoe - Croyde (via Bull Point, Morte Point, & Baggy Point). All I had to do today was traverse the headlands of Morte Pt. and Baggy Pt., but getting there is something of an undertaking - to do the headlands you have to do all the bits in between. So, 9 km of walk turned … Continue reading SWCP Day 23 – 13 Sept 2018
Westward Ho! - Instow Bad thing about today: couldn't stick out my tongue for a drink. Good thing about today: sunshine! Okay, so I know I went the wrong way today. Clockwise instead of anti-clockwise; water on the left instead of the right. Believe me, it did feel a bit wrong. But after spending most … Continue reading SWCP Day 22 – 12 Sept 2018
Drizzly gloom - welcome back to Devon, Penloper! With tired and excruciatingly-tight muscles after the shock of day 1 last year, I'd skipped the climb from Lynmouth to Lynton. Today I planned to correct that small gap in my swcp record. But, first, I needed to limber up. I chose a warm-up walk to the … Continue reading SWCP Day 21 – Sept 11 2018
Dear Lopers, Apologies for my long hiatus far from the adventurous path that goes here, there, and everywhere. I have not for one moment stopped yearning for the step, climb, plod, plod, plod of the path. But, for a while there, the practicalities of life somehow took over. No more! Now, the time has come … Continue reading Re-loping the swcp
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
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