Cawsand, UK
6 days, 70 odd miles, 2 hip flasks, 10 taped toes, 6 blisters and a few special cookies later and we have completed stage 1. We left Falmouth on the St Mawes ferry on Sunday morning and arrived in the village of Cawsand, opposite Plymouth on Friday evening.
To say it was a baptism of fire would be a bit of an understatement, there's really no way to train for walking the coastal path with a heavy pack on other than doing it. It didn't really help that nerves an...