The South west Coast Path
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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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Day 18 on the South West Coast Path. Porthcurno to Penzance
After an excellent, if with a somewhat loquacious host, at the luxurious Wearhouse. I wandered around the outside of the Old Telegraph Station marvelling how it takes so long for ‘secret’ places to come out of the woodwork and wondering when the TAT14 landing and GCHQ monitoring station will similarly be celebrated over on the other…
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South West Coast Path – Pendeen to Porthcurno
A much better walking day today. Light winds and only the threat of rain, in fact the sun popped out at various intervals. The walk started in the industrial wastelands around Pendeen and the Geevor Tin mine which had me thinking how does The National Trust handle highly toxic & radioactive industrial waste 🙂 I met…
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South West Coast path – St Ives to Pendeen
I really cannot thank Tim of Cornerways enough for getting his dentist to see me so quickly (the ones I phoned wanted 4 weeks notice), he not only took me there but had to wait whilst I had an X-ray and the tooth’s extraction (what an expensive tooth that has been, with capping root canal…
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A rest day and 14 days on The South West Coast Path
Today I’m taking a rest day in the pleasant town of St Ives, enjoying the hospitality of the owner of Cornerways, Tim after first rescuing him from paying a fortune for a .mobi url!! After our little drinks session last night I couldn’t face a mega breakfast (tomorrow will be different) so today it was…
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How long should a pair of hiking boots last?
I bought my latest pair of Scarpa Terra GTX boots, from Open Air in Cambridge, UK on the 7th April 2012 for over £120 (the price has rocketed recently since they moved production back to Italy from Romania) , in preparation for walking the whole of The South West Coast Path which is just over 1000km…
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Day 14 South West Coast Path – Portreath to St Ives
14 walking days 232 miles walked and 398 miles to go on The South West Coast Path! Once I stirred from my pretty expensive room with no exterior window at the Cliff House. I could see I might be lucky with the weather and have a fine day 🙂 The walk started with a stiff…
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Day 13 South West Coast Path – Pentire Point West to Portreath
First welcome to at least two more readers. Ann who left a comment on the previous post and Mike of Luggage Transfers. Today was AWFUL weather it rained heavily in the night, at breakfast the skies looked more welcoming. Just after Holywell Beach I bumped into my first South West Coast Path hiker slackpacking from…