Day 18 of walk, day 16 of actual walking. Perranporth to Portreath. (No original photos here - using Internet photo of St. Ives). Hard hard day. Already dead before got to the start of the walk as had to walk 3 kms from hotel down to the beach with a full pack today, after yesterday's light pack. My shoulders were so sore. It felt like stabbing just to lift both arms to take a photo! Hilarious. But I soldiered on. Saw a bus where I'd decided to aba...

I posted a blog 3 days ago. This is the start of the next one. It's really a diary for me!! Otherwise I'll remember nothing ! Hello. I had 2 lovely days off staying with Adrian's relatives at Crackington Haven which is a nothing place along the coast, tiny beach with a shed being craned in for the lifesavers for the summer. They had a lovely cottage for the week and we got out and about to see the sights , in particular a lovely village Bocastle, which was wipe...

5 days of walking in Devon and today into Cornwall (for 500 Kms ) 28/5/15 Day 5 Woolacombe to Braunton. 24 km Oh what a tedious day. 1st I walked miles behind the wonderful surf beach, then with difficulty across the next beach Croyde, then miles above Saunton Beach. It was overcast and windy most of the day. And then there was MILES of walking through a golf course, then a military training area, with a straight stony road from...

Hello all I've had four fine days so far, it is not to continue though!I got lost in my second hour of the first day!Luckily I'd turned back deciding it was too steep (an alternative 'rugged' track having decided I shouldn't go the wussy way after one hour!!!) Luckily a local dog walker set me straight!!The first two days had lots of paths along cliff edges, I am not sure now that I'd be comfortable with that. It was very desolate, in Exmoor, saw no one for hours...

Hello everyone. I'm at the coast ready to start my 8 weeks 1,041 kms walk tomorrow. Just to show you a photo of the official start. A lovely statue of hands with a map. It's been another sunny warmish day, though windy at the beach. It took 4 hrs via 2 trains, and a meandering bus to get here. It's very busy being a long weekend plus a week of school holidays. Somehow I lost my beloved thermos flask today ( it's been everywhere with me for 10 yrs) so I had to rac...