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I am such a liar
First things first, I’m not lying about this walk. This whole thing hasn’t been some elaborate plot to make everyone think I’ve walked the whole SWCP when I’ve been actually sat at home hoping to profit from a book. Maybe generating all the videos and tracking by some...
It’s behind you
Most people walk the South West Coastal Path anti clockwise. That’s to say they walk from Minehead, Somerset to Poole, Dorset. Even people walking it in sections tend to go that way around, although it’s also quite common for them to just compete sections based on...
Esteem
I know I shouldn’t get my self esteem from what others think. I know that how I feel worth as a person should come from within and not from the praise of others. For example, I shouldn’t look for acceptance of my decisions from friends and family, because they don’t...
Apparently sleep is important
It was a good location for a wild camp. The views were incredible and it felt like I really had the best seat in the house. I could see all the way up the coast to Tintagel and also back the way I’d already walked. I knew everyone would be envious of me. Unfortunately...
Who needs a drying room
I’m still convinced that if I’d left my clothes in the youth hostel drying room that they’d have come out more wet than they went in. It was a little unpleasant putting on wet clothes in the morning, but I’m sort of used to that, even when they’re not wet from rain...
How do birds fly
It’s been really windy today. Sometimes so windy that I’ve not been able to walk in a straight line. Some of the path goes very near to sheer drops so it has been a little nerve racking at times but fortunately the wind has mainly been blowing off the sea so pushing...
Trust your tent
I do get nervous when the tent is moving around so much because of the wind. I’ve only had one tent collapse in my life, and that was my fault, but I think it’s had a lasting effect on me. Some of this is positive. Even when the weather is perfect I insist on pitching...
Say yes
I got some brilliant advice today although it seemed, from the story, that you should be careful who you give the advice to. It’s funny really because I only heard the advice because I’d done what the advice suggested. Let’s wind back. Chris, the campsite warden had...
Careful where you tread
There had been a little bit of rain overnight so maybe that’s why they were all over the path, but it did seem a little foolish of them. The path was complicated enough without having to dodge all these pretty snails. There must have been hundreds of them. All moving...