It was another beautiful sunny day and it would have been good to set off early, but there was n’t a bus from Tintagel until just past 10am, so with a change in Camelford I did n’t start walking until 11.30am. Port Issac was absolutely heaving with people who were visiting the home of ‘Doc… Continue reading Day 16 Sunny walk to Polzeath

I walked from Tintagel to Port Issac today – the book said severe so I braced myself for a hard day. It was extremely hot which made it more challenging but I managed far easier than some of the challenging sections iI did in week 1. Do n’t  get me wrong I huffed & puffed… Continue reading Day 15 I musta be getting fitter 

Annie and the dogs walked the first couple of miles with me which was great. I then carried on to Boscastle. God it was hard work. Some of the ups & downs were extremely steep. Crossed the highest part of the Cornish section of the path. Warm & sunny by the afternoon. Stunning scenery. Met… Continue reading Day 14 Crackington Haven to Tintagel

I admitted defeat today and I am going to miss out a couple of stages so I can get back on track. One, because I wanted to spend a day with my Annie, Mick & Nigel in Crackington Haven and secondly it is getting too difficult with public transport to get to my B&B’s (… Continue reading Day 14 half way but not quite

The owners of ( flower cottage were lovely and the offered me wet weather gear for my rucksack. But by this time it had stopped raining . So I set of from Clovelly and had a look around  the beautiful gardens before picking up the coastal path. As I was walking along I bumped into… Continue reading Day 13 good fun 

It had been forecast for torrential rain, thunderstorms and floods, but after being dropped off by Tom I set off toward the coast and soon needed to take my waterproofs off as I was so hot. I managed about nearly half the walk until the heavens opened and it started to pour & pour. It… Continue reading Day 12 Walking in the rain

Jayne & Gez kindly dropped me off back at Instow and dropped the monster off in Clovelly; I then had a lovely sunny morning walking to Bideford. It was lovely to see a familiar place. We had some good times with Vic & Mark in Bideford when they lived there. I spoke to a lovely… Continue reading  11  Instow – Bideford – Westward Ho + Not such a warm welcome

Had company for the whole walk yesterday. Jayne & I did from Braunton to Barnstaple then on to Instow. We did about 14 miles but it was flat and a lot was on cycle track. We got taught cycle path etiquete as a woman nearly ran us over as she shouted ‘keep to the left’!… Continue reading Day 10 up & back and going nowhere + family memories

It was pouring with rain so I waited for the storm to pass. I spent a bit of time stroking the lovely hand reared pet goat, Norman at the Lodge. When I did set off for Braunton I went across the sand dunes, heading away from Croyde. Unfortunately I lost the waterproof cover off my… Continue reading Day 9 I did n’t realise I could think so much about sand + meeting up with good friends

Woke up with a very swollen right foot today. Not sure if it’s all the walking or an infection, had a very funny square of red skin across the back of my leg. Is it going to fall off I wonder. Felt a bit sick so gave the swim & sauna a miss which was… Continue reading Day 8 foot falling off and cool surfing dude