South West Coastal Path
Hiking the 630 miles of coastal Path from Poole in Dorset to Minehead in Somerset Hike SummaryThe South West Coastal Path
Poole to Minehead- For more information you can visit the official SW Coastal Path website here
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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...
Decided to shelter
The weather has spoken I’m just walking between Salcombe and Bantham and the wind has really hit. The forecast is saying gusts of 50mph and I’m struggling to stay on my feet. The forecast is for Salcombe but I’m on top of the cliff so it might be more for me. They’re...
Two days to remember
Kingswear It was still quite dark when I started the walk towards Kingswear. I kept on forgetting the name and calling it Kings Landing in my head. I can’t really remember the details of the walk but I know that it was another good one. Continuing around headlands of...
Spirit Repaired
I’m sorry about the lack of post last night. I’ll write up the last two days tonight hopefully. Yesterday my tent broke, my boots were broken, and if I’m honest my spirit was as well. But, along came rescue. Now new boots, replacement tent, and some different gear and...
A day of several halves
Camping in the forest I knew it wasn’t the ideal spot but I’d put myself in the situation by being indecisive. Also not reading the map properly and realising that there were quite a few houses near where I decided to try after already finding a perfectly good camp. I...