travel blog
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Plymouth to Noss Mayo on the South West Coast Path
I woke up from a terrible nights sleep with a thumping headache feeling awful. I popped some Nurofen but realised I was probably suffering from dehydration 🙁 I went into Plymouth bought some new inner socks and a 2 litre bottle of carbonated water (Why don’t shops /garages keep carbonated water in the chiller cabinets?…
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Looe to Plymouth on The South West Coast Path
Another long day with just under 19 miles walked and 4780 feet climbed! The Schooner Point gave me an excellent breakfast, I particularly liked the way all the homemade items were labelled and the way the cereals were stored in cavernous glass bottles with ladles. Very tidy & brand less 🙂 Since I left early it was…
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Charlestown to Looe on The South West Coast Path
Another epic day with around 24 miles covered at a very respectable speed of 2.7mph, given the over 5,000 feet climbed on the roller coaster section after Fowey, It was a another cloudy day with odd spells of sunshine later in the day but no wind. The path was very busy in places, well near car…
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Time out at The Eden Project
Today I took yet another day off from walking The South West Coast Path this time not for bad weather but to visit The Eden Project, a place I’ve been wanting to visit since it’s opening in 2001. I used public transport on the way there so I could enter for £12.50 🙂 However, there…
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South West Coast Path – Portloe to Charlestown
An excellent day’s walking of 20 miles and ascended height of just under 6000 feet 🙂 with an overall average speed of 2.2mph (including stops). A cloudy day with some mist the sun came to join me at lunch time but rapidly disappeared again to be replaced by a heavy shower at the end. But…
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Falmouth to Portloe on The South West Coast Path
Today started with two ferry crossings both costing £4 single! The first was a mega journey of 16 minutes the second taking less than 10mins. The day’s walking started in the sleepy hamlet of Place where you are carefully directed around the back of Place House so the owners can avoid the inconvenience of looking…
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Porthallow to Falmouth on The South West Coast Path
Today I awoke to a gorgeous sunrise at Halwyn it was an early start for me. In fact I was on the beach at 7.30, I needed to catch the low tide so I could use the stepping stones over Gillan Creek. The starting point today is the midpoint on the trail so exactly 3…
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South west Coast path 315 miles walked and now half way
After the mother of all mega days I arrived at the halfway point a fancy 315 mile marker, on the beach, in the lovely fishing village of Porthallow. According to the GPS today I walked 27 miles (including the stretch up to the Halwyn Guesthouse ) and climbed 6200 feet, so my longest day so…
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South West Coast Path – Penzance to Mullion
Today was a good 23 miler in pretty awful conditions, started with light rain and some sun but then turned into a gale (not funny on cliff tops) with some very vicious squalls. Not a pleasant day at all. Even the Scillonian ferry was cancelled. All the equipment is keeping dry OK, although its a drag to keep…
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A very nesh Geoff in Penzance 🙁
Oh dear, today I was totally put to shame by the Dutch couple who strode out into the storm and faced a whole day of wind & heavy rain whilst I cried off and just hung around Penzance all day 🙁 I hold my head in shame.The Tremont Hotel wanted me out so they kindly…