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Leg 5: Penzance to Mevagissey, 84.5 miles

It’s been 16 months since I was last down on SWCP. High time I get my stomp on. Attempting 84.5 miles this week- the furthest yet (by half a mile!). Back in B&Bs- I’m becoming soft in my dotage. But thank goodness-…

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Leg 4: Newquay to Penzance, 84 miles

Ready to round the southwestern tip of the country and start heading east? 84 miles is the most I’ve tried to cover in six days, but I’d decided to live it up in B&B luxury this week, so at least had a…

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Leg 3: Bude to Newquay, 68 miles

Day 1: The journey down I’m aware as I get further into the South West, the journeys to my start points are likely to become a little more circuitous. I really outdid myself this time: Bus into Oxford Rail replacement bus to…

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Leg 2: Westward Ho! to Bude, 36.6 miles

I’m going to start this entry with a confession: this stretch I stayed in B&Bs. There, I’ve said it. It was as though the weather gods knew and decided to punish my nighttime luxury option with some of the wettest weather I’ve…

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Leg 1: Minehead to Barnstaple, 68 miles

Day 1: The journey down Perhaps the strangest way I’ve ever spent a birthday: six hours of coaches to get me down to Minehead. I spent much of the evening thinking “oooh, it’s a bit chilly, and this time tomorrow I’ll be…

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Just around the corner…

With less than a month to go til I get started on my coast path adventure, the planning has begun in earnest! Camping spots identified, rest days planned, now all I’ve got to do is wait and see what the weather throws…

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Eight weeks and counting

As there’s now less than two months until I set off on the first leg of my SWCP adventure I thought it might be time to share a little more about my motivation to undertake this challenge. Why this walk? The south…

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One Foot In Front Of The Other

630 miles. 115000 feet of ascent and descent. 45 stages. Over 6 and a half weeks. Carrying my belongings on my back, and pitching my tent as my home every night. 2022 is the year I start fulfilling a dream I’ve had…

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