Richard and Dugald set themselves a walking challenge on the South West Coast Path

Skeletons on the Tarka Trail – Greencliff to Ilfracombe
There we were just a walkin’ down the path, singing do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do – Crackington Haven to Greencliff
Wet and cold – but free – Mawgan Porth to Crackington Haven
Rain and a bounty of seals and choughs – Pendeen Watch to Mawgan Porth
Round the bend with choughs and Poldark – The Lizard to Pendeen Watch
Six wonderful spring days get us past the half way mark – Mevagissey to the Lizard
Cetaceans and pinnipeds – Polperro to Mevagissey
First steps in Cornwall – Cremyll to Polperro
Meaningful walking – Mothecombe to Plymouth Cremyll Ferry
Too wet to wade – Salcombe to Mothecombe
Swirling bunches of cirl buntings and another 23 miles – Dartmouth to Salcombe
Sampling Torbay and finding Dartmouth – Torquay to Dartmouth
Steep, stiff, strenuous, severe – which is which when applied to a coastal climb? – Starcross to Torquay
Going again – but hot – Sidmouth to Starcross
Devon – and 100 miles achieved – Charmouth to Sidmouth
Escaping British politics – Chesil Beach to Charmouth
We make faster progress when it’s flat – Bowleaze Cove to Chesil Beach
Spring looked possible as summer time arrived – Kimmeridge to Bowleaze Cove
Beating the ‘Beast’ – Worth Matravers to Kimmeridge
We decide to walk – setting off – South Haven Point to Worth Matravers