by Ben | May 17, 2025 | South West Coastal Path 2
With better planning I’d have known that a few hours after Falmouth there is another crossing over the Helford. Now, I did know of the crossing from before but I hadn’t appreciated how far away it was, or to be honest, how near. It sort of sits in a no man’s land in...
by Ben | May 16, 2025 | South West Coastal Path 2
Straight away I could feel the difference. I was noticing more today. Be it the wild flowers lining the path or the cliff formations projecting into the sea. I instantly knew I’d made the right decisions the day before. The path was quite difficult as well but I was...
by Ben | May 15, 2025 | South West Coastal Path 2
An alarm was going off on the reception building so I poked my head out of my tent to see what was going on. Selfishly I was wondering if it was on fire because my battery bank was in there and I didn’t want to lose it. Fortunately it was just a burglar alarm,...
by Ben | May 14, 2025 | South West Coastal Path 2
An amazing side to walking the path is that you find, and see, places that other people don’t get to. I find it fascinating that, for example, the beach at Perranporth is absolutely rammed with people, but I get to walk around a headland here and see several isolated...
by Ben | May 13, 2025 | South West Coastal Path 2
I got caught out once. It was after my Grandma died. She was, I think, 83 years old and had been suffering quite badly with a form of dementia. It was pretty tough for my parents in those last few years who were trying to help her by putting various things in place,...
