{"id":3076,"date":"2012-04-21T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2012-04-21T20:45:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T19:45:19","slug":"day-11-south-west-coast-path-padstow-to-porthcothan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=3076","title":{"rendered":"Day 11 South West Coast Path \u2013 Padstow to Porthcothan"},"content":{"rendered":"

First many thanks to Sally<\/a>‘s relations Jean, Mick & Archer, well not Archer who is a humungous dog, for putting up with me at such short notice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Off to a bit of a late start as I had a load of WordPress sites to update to the latest release and we had to drive down into Padstow where I spent a bit of time inspecting parts of Rick Stein’s domain viz Cafe, Restaurant (Lunch \u00a337), Bread shop & the pub on the way in. Pretty amazing really all on the back of cooking fish \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Climbing out of Padstow I came across the largest collection of benches ever, in fact every corner turned exposed them in an abundance never before experienced, most of which were memorials to the beloved deceased. I wonder if Dignity Funerals<\/a> offer some sort of package deals.<\/p>\n

\"Remembrance<\/a>Which brings me onto the other thing I see that causes me to ponder, that is all the flower, stone memorials to mum, grandma etc on the cliff edges. No day goes by without seeing at least a couple of them. Did they jump? or was it their favourite spot?<\/p>\n

Todays header is my sort of dream home, built into the slope with a glass front and stunning views. Unfortunately this one is built at the edge of a caravan park with a rather pedestrian house next door.<\/p>\n

Oh! and the weather started\u00a0threatening but the rain stayed away, the wind was cold but basically a good day for walking although I hadn’t fully recovered from yesterdays marathon so was feeling tired.<\/p>\n

I bumped into a day walking couple who I had met yesterday, of course it was they who recognised me :-)We had a lovely chat about adult kids & boxes piled behind settees \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I wonder if I will meet them again nearer the end in Weymouth \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I\u00a0finished today in Perranporth, which for anyone following, is a bit of a dump. I failed to find the b&b and the pub is atop the big hill (in the wrong direction). However, outside the shop (closed \ud83d\ude41 ) there was a stop for Western Greyhound Buses 556 service to Newquay (at 57 mins to the hour). which was a good decision as Newquay is real cheap with lots of \u00a0facilities including 18MB broadband. Hopefully, I will get the 556 at 9:05 tomorrow so I can start walking at 9.54<\/p>\n

Todays stats are here<\/a> and pictures here<\/a>. Everytrail is here:
\nSouth West Coastpath – Padstow to Porthcothan at EveryTrail<\/a>
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