Month: April 2012
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Day 3 on the South West Coast Path and 576 miles to go.
Not sure how many more of these postsI can do! Every day has such amazing views and gorgeous weather 🙂 Today was the shortest so far only 15 miles walked although it was a record for ice creams consumed! since Woolacombe is such a holiday honey pot. Arriving their bought back memories of Nick’s first holiday in…
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Leave only footprints
One of my mottoes when travelling has been: Leave only footprints Take only memories So whilst walking across Woolacombe beach as part of my South West Coast Path trip I couldn’t resist taking the above photo. In fact one of my ambitions in 2000 was to walk around the coast of the UK as far…
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Day 2 and 590 miles to go on the South West Coast Path
This was an Ian of a day (sorry Mr Corker couldn’t resist that). A totally superb walk in every way. Fantastic weather, excellent views , well kept paths and signposted plus bumping into Fiona the girl guide helped with the navigation to Great Hangman and beyond. I’m settled into the Harcourt Hotel in the centre…
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South West Coast Path 608 miles to go.
I had a corker of a day! I did the first two days of the South West Coast Path walk in one day including the additional strenuous bit. The GPS gave the distance travelled as 22 miles. with a vertical ascent of over 6000 feet. Started the day with a great breakfast at The Quay…
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Ready Steady Go
After finalising my 10kg of packing it was a pleasant day of travelling on trains & a bus I arrived at Minehead in the late afternoon. I’m staying at The Quay Inn, enjoying it’s free WiFi. The South West Coast Way starting sculpture is about 50 metres away and my room overlooks the sea, all…
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630 miles to go….
Tomorrow should see me venturing of to try and walk the 630 miles (1008Km) and apparently 114931 ft (35031 m) of vertical height on the South West Coast Path. So should be interesting especially in the foul weather at the moment. To honour the occasion I’ve purchased yet another pair of Scarpa Terra GTX boots, about…