Westward Ho! to Clovelly I bonded with three Finnish ladies in the mudroom of the Culloden House B&B, while we all tightened our boots before setting off for the long walk to Clovelly. First out of the docks, I took a fancy to the tiny beach houses set inexplicably half-way up Kipling Tors - the headland … Continue reading SWCP Day 8 – 17 April 2017

Barnstaple to Westward Ho! How often can you start the day with a bubble bath? It screams DAY OFF! Don't you think? Having fallen into a double-decker sleep, I woke with stiff limbs and the kind of lassitude that deserves a good wallow in bed, or a deep, bubbly bath. Guess which one I chose? … Continue reading SWCP Day 7 – 16 April 2017

Croyde to Barnstaple The walk from Combas Farm Campsite to Barnstaple should be easy. At least, that's what the swcp guidebook says. It's a long, nearly flat walk from Croyde, past a house that looked like something off of Grand Designs, down Saunton Sands, between Saunton Golf Course and Braunton Burrows, around the low Horsey Island, … Continue reading SWCP Day 6 – 15 April 2017

Morthoe to Croyde A short day’s walk. Thank goodness. Given that I’d had very little sleep. I didn’t walk to Morte Point, as planned, just followed the road through Morthoe to Grunta Beach and on to Woolacombe. As it was a public holiday (Good Friday), hundreds of people were out enjoying the beach. A fair … Continue reading SWCP Day 5 – 14 April 2017

Combe Martin to Morthoe Day four was the last day on the north coast of Devon. From here on out I’d be looking out on the Atlantic Ocean. Once again I'd organised a luggage transfer, but the LT driver (I think his name was Roy) wasn’t too happy about the big black double-thickness rubbish bag … Continue reading SWCP Day 4 – 13 April 2017

Lynmouth to Combe Martin Having regretted starting out hard the day before, I decided to be kind to myself and get a taxi up the hill to Lynton. This sounds crazy lazy to anyone who hasn’t been to the twin towns. Go there, see the cliff railway, then tell me I'm crazy! I don’t care that … Continue reading SWCP Day 3 – 12 April 2017

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