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Sunday 20th June 2021 Being a Sunday, public transport doesn’t get going until halfway through the morning and so we took a taxi to Carbis Bay. The taxi driver said he would pick us up again at Porthtowan if we gave him some notice which seemed like a good secure arrangement. The walk continued alongContinue reading “Day 101 – Carbis Bay to Porthtowan 20.3 miles 3200’ ascent”

Saturday 19th June 2021 I had thought it might be a good idea to drive to St Earth or St Ives and leave the car there. We could get a taxi to Pendeen Watch to start the walk. That would mean we could be quite flexible about when and where we finished today’s walk. IContinue reading “Day 100 – Pendeen Watch to Carbis Bay 15 miles 3900’ ascent”

Friday 18th June 2021 This morning we drove from Yorkshire all the way to St Just and to Cot Valley where our last walk ended in rather dramatic circumstances when I tore my calf muscle. Fortunately my leg seems to have healed well but this will be the first real test. The journey went wellContinue reading “Day 99 – St Just (Land’s End Youth Hostel) to Pendeen Watch 5.5 miles 1186′ ascent.”

Monday 24th May 2021 We drove back to Lamorna Cove and parked the car for £8.00. Unfortunately the machine only takes coins, there is no card option, but we managed to find the required coins between us. We got out of the car and then heavens opened and so on went the waterproof trousers andContinue reading “Day 98 – Lamorna Cove to St Just (Land’s End Youth Hostel) 16.5 miles 4081′ ascent”

Sunday 23rd May 2021 Emily dropped us at Rinsey Head because she had checked the weather forecast and had the good sense to have a day off from walking. The forecast was not good, in fact, it was terrible, starting off with high winds and greater than 60% chance of rain, building up to greater thanContinue reading “Day 97 – Rinsey to Lamorna Cove. 18.5 miles 2519′ ascent”

Saturday 22nd May 20921 Today we awoke to heavy rain though the forecast suggested it would stop by about 8:00. To our pleasure it did indeed stop raining at the appointed time and we got our taxi at 8:30 back to Kynance Cove ready to be walking again by 9:00. The sky was clearing andContinue reading “Day 96 – Kynance Cove to Rinsey Head 17.9 miles 4118′ ascent”

Friday 21st May 2021 Today was always going to be a difficult day. We were changing our base and so we were up early to pack up our belongings, leave the flat clean and tidy and then drive to Porthoustock which was 90 minutes away – in theory. We left the flat by 8:00 butContinue reading “Day 95 – Porthoustock to Kynance Cove 16 miles 3519′ ascent”

Thursday 20th May 2021 We drove back to Swanpool Beach through driving wind and rain. The winds were moving the car about on the A38 dual carriageway and visibility was not very good. At Swanpool we parked and got all our waterproofs on before departing. There is not much to say except we got wellContinue reading “Day 94 – Swanpool Beach to Porthoustock 16 miles 2838′ ascent.”

Wednesday 19th May 2021 We took the train to St Austell and then a taxi back to Portloe. Fortunately I had pre-booked a taxi because between 8am and 9am most of the taxis in St Austell are on contract school runs. The day was such a contrast to yesterday. The sun was shining, the  seaContinue reading “Day 93 – Portloe to Swanpool 21.2 miles 3162′ ascent”

Tuesday 18th May 2021 This morning we drove to Lower Porthpean and parked the car on the beach road and set off to rejoin the coast path. Within minutes the heavens opened and I was rushing to get over-trousers on and a cover on my rucksack. Oh, foolish virgin am I! Jill had togged upContinue reading “Day 92 – Lower Porthpean to Portloe 19.4 miles, about 4200’ascent”