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Do goats eat people
It was a bit of a scramble to get to the flat bit of ground I’d spotted. There is always a danger when that happens, that when you finally get to the perfect looking spot it turns out to be covered in heather or nettles, or on a slope, but in this case, once I’d...
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...
Licked better
I do like dogs. We have cats at home and people might think I’m not a dog person, and I suppose I don’t particularly want to own one, but I do like them. Which is a good job really because when out walking dogs have so many different reactions to me that I’m glad I’m...
Ferry or bust
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...
Backwards is ok as well
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...
Wakey wakey
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,...
Secret places
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...
Control those emotions
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,...