Month: May 2012
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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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South West Coast Path index to my blog posts
An index of all my blog posts for each stage of The South West Coast Path can be found here
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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…