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Near disaster
If you look carefully on the plate of food you can see a gap between the sausage and the hash browns. When the breakfast arrived that gap was filled with a little bowl of baked beans. It was my fault as I didn’t read the menu properly so, although slightly shocked by...
That sinking feeling
I’d just got past Bude and was now walking the last couple of miles on the coastal path before I would turn inland to get to a campsite. I’d been wild camping now for three nights in a row, which wasn’t as high as my record on this trip of four, but I was definitely...
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...
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,...
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...
Like an old friend
At the third time of trying I finally managed to correctly follow the coastal path through Beesands. It’s not a massive difference to the overall distance but it was certainly satisfying. Even though it is signed it just doesn’t look like there is a path that way....