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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- the forecast looks WET. Day 1: The journey down To be honest, it’s…
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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 comfy (AND DRY) bed to look forward to at the end of each…
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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 Didcot Train from Didcot to Reading Train from Reading to Exeter Train from…
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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 ever walked in. Don’t be fooled: the photos that follow will make it…
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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 in a tent”. Ate fish and chips in a park as preparation for…
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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 at me. In amongst the planning and preparation, it can be all too…
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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 west corner of the UK feels, in many ways, like home. A constant…
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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 for a very long time – to hike the entirety of the South…
She Hikes The South West Coast Path 