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Woken by the moon
I’m not sure the moon actually woke me up. Maybe it was because the tide was in, and the sea quite noisy, but something woke me up. It must have been about 2 o’clock in the morning and I noticed how bright it seemed outside, so I decided to take a look. The scene,...
Just ask
I met someone today who’d walked the coastal path in the same way I want to. In one go, camping, and carrying all their own kit. I think it’s great that people are so keen to do the walk, in any way they see fit, but it’s nice to talk to someone who’s done the same...
Should I stay or should I go
Rushing to get the ferry across the Avon before it closed at 4pm I was hatching a plan. I knew that low tide on the river Erme was about 9:30pm which meant I’d probably be ok to cross at around 8pm. Assuming I was on time for the Avon ferry I was strongly considering...
Something doesn’t add up
I noticed this when I was walking the coastal path last year as well. Then, I didn’t have the whole route programmed into my watch, so at the end of each day I’d add the miles walked that day onto a running total of miles walked throughout the trip. I’d then minus...
Sally’s bottom
I need to be clear, today’s post is not about my sister’s bottom. It’s not about how, when we used to go swimming, her bottom would be the first thing to surface when she was trying to swim under water. No, it’s not about that. Sally’s bottom is actually the name of...
How much?
In a surprise, even to me, it’s going to be a wild camp tonight. I did originally think that I’d definitely use a campsite on my first night of walking because it would help to settle me into the walk and take some pressure off. There were a couple of campsites quite...
None of this makes sense
When I left Cape Cornwall last October it was pouring with rain and wasn’t particularly pleasant. I was really pleased to have just got into the car with the heating and the heated seats switched on. I was really cold and just wanted to get to our hotel, have a decent...
SW Coastal Path – the return
When I finished the Great Glen Way, despite part of me feeling that I wasn’t sure I had another walk in me, I started plotting my next move
A fun day out
Approaching this walk I wasn’t really thinking about the actual journey, about getting from point A to point B and back again. I was thinking more about ticking off a small part of the coastal path that had been a minor inconvenience, a small nemesis. I’d somehow...